Bennett Elementary School, Bellevue WA

Original Research by School Decision on Bennett Elementary School

Bennett Elementary School sits in the Bellevue School District, an elementary school serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. The school draws from a neighborhood in Bellevue, a city that has rapidly become a major tech and retail hub on the east side of Lake Washington. Downtown Bellevue is a dense high-rise core, but much of the rest of the city, including areas near Bennett, is suburban with wooded, single-family neighborhoods and a vast park system. The housing market reflects the area’s affluence: home values are well above state and national benchmarks, and rents are high. A family considering Bennett should be prepared for a high cost of living.

The school’s student body is large for an elementary school. The demographic composition is distinctive. A very substantial share of students are Asian, making the school majority Asian. The next largest group is White. Students who identify as two or more races also form a considerable presence. There are much smaller shares of Hispanic, Black, and American Indian or Alaska Native students. The share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch is very low, which places the school in a category of modest economic diversity.

Academically, Bennett Elementary produces strong results. On state assessments, proficiency rates in math and English language arts are consistently high across tested grades, with the strongest performance seen in fifth-grade English language arts and fifth-grade science. Overall proficiency across all tested subjects and grades places the school well above the midpoint among districts in King County, landing in the top quartile. This is a clear strength.

The data does not include figures on the school’s special education population or English learner population, nor does it show chronic absenteeism or staffing information. The district brief indicated that no recent parent-relevant changes were found in publicly reported materials. A parent who wants to understand the full picture on student support programs or recent shifts in school operations would need to follow up directly with the school or district. Because Bennett serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and there is no course-access data as secondary-level pathways do not apply.

In terms of the peer environment, Bennett’s student body is notably affluent and has a very high proportion of students from Asian backgrounds. A family considering the school should weigh whether this composition matches what they are seeking. The school offers no specialized programs that were reported in the data; it is a neighborhood elementary school within a larger district that does not appear to be undergoing any publicly noted shifts. For a family in the Bellevue area, Bennett represents a school with a strong academic record in a high-cost, high-growth community.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 375%

School 75% · District 40% · ▲ 35 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 472%

School 72% · District 50% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 577%

School 77% · District 46% · ▲ 32 pts above district

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 371%

School 71% · District 47% · ▲ 25 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 468%

School 68% · District 64% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 584%

School 84% · District 73% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Science

Grade 581%

School 81% · District 73% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

This schoolBellevue School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.