4704 Blakely Ave NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-2259
Avg years and MA-degree share are direct OSPI publications; the 3-year trend is our derivation. From data.wa.gov/yp28-ks6d.
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K-11 HC services with annual referral window (Feb-Mar). Universal consideration for 2nd and 5th graders. CogAT-based evaluation. Service model details (cohorted vs. pull-out) are not clearly published; review district HC page to confirm placement model before assuming.
Curated from district Highly Capable program pages, with observed-at dates and confidence labels.
Bainbridge Island School District · PK–4 · 358 students · neighborhood school serving the island's rural south end
By the numbers, Blakely is about as strong as a Washington elementary school gets. It sits at the 94.7th percentile against 76 demographically similar schools, with mastery depth that stands out even in this region: 68% of students score Level 4 (the top tier) in reading and 64% in math, and September 2025 local reporting found over 70% of Blakely fourth graders at the highest math level, ahead of counterparts in Mercer Island and Bellevue.
Two caveats keep this from being a no-questions-asked recommendation. First, the reading trend is quietly sliding, with proficiency down about 2.6 points a year and the advanced-reader share down 4.1. That's a slide from a very high base, but a slide is a slide. Second, the experience that made Blakely more than a test-score story, the fourth-grade overnight outdoor-education capstone, is under formal district review amid a $3.5–4.5 million budget shortfall. You'd be buying an excellent, deeply parent-powered school inside a district in austerity mode, and the tour questions below are mostly about which parts of the experience survive it.
Researched 2026-06-10. Citations and claim ledger included in the full dossier.
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