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Interlake Senior High School

Bellevue School District · High · grades 9-12 · 16245 NE 24th St, Bellevue, WA 98008-2413

Location

16245 NE 24th St, Bellevue, WA 98008-2413

Academic snapshot

Meeting standard — latest year

71.7%

SBAC ELA+Math combined, 2024-25

Meeting standard — 3-year

72.2%

#17 of 173 high schools region-wide · #4 of 7 in this district

Exceeding standard — latest year

56.3%

SBAC Level 4, the top score band

Exceeding standard — 3-year

56.4%

#6 of 173 high schools region-wide · #3 of 7 in this district

3-year trend Paid

▬ flat

Slope +0.1 pp/year

vs. demographically similar schools Paid p88 among 17 schools with similar low-income and ELL shares (±10 pp). Built from our matched peer set — not an OSPI statistic.

Student outcomes

Graduating in 4 years

79.6%

Of the entering 9th-grade class

Enrolled in college

81.0%

Any 2/4-year, first year after HS

9th graders on track

83.2%

Earned all attempted credits

College-level coursework

94.7%

AP / IB / Running Start / CTE

Regular attendance

78.9%

Missing fewer than 2 days/month

Directly from OSPI Report Card (graduation, postsecondary via ERDC, ninth-grade on track, dual credit, growth, attendance). Latest published year.

Who attends

Students from low-income homes

26.8%

English language learners

16.0%

Highly Capable program

38.6%

Enrollment

1,636

Kids per typical block

—

Density band: unknown

Teachers

Teachers (latest)

100

Avg years experience

13.6

MA-degree share

81.0%

3-year experience trend Paid

▬ flat

Change +0.0 yr

Avg years and MA-degree share are direct OSPI publications; the 3-year trend is our derivation. From data.wa.gov/yp28-ks6d.

Competition and advanced-peer evidence Paid

Aggregated from WHSCA, Washington Science Olympiad, The Blue Alliance, and the Seattle Times National Merit list. "Known counts" only — missing public evidence is not proof of absence.

Science Olympiad: 6 team appearance(s) at WA State, best overall rank: 2.
WHSCA State Team Chess: 1 podium finish(es).
FRC (FIRST Robotics) team(s): #1899 Saints Robotics.
National Merit Semifinalists by year — 2025: 21, 2026: 46.

Highly Capable / gifted pathway Paid

Elementary Centered Services run as full-day self-contained cohorts at designated sites, using one-grade-advanced standards in core subjects. Middle and high school students move through advanced classes as a cohort within their neighborhood school. High school cohort enrolls in IB in grades 10-11 with the goal of completing the IB diploma at the end of 11th grade.

Curated from district Highly Capable program pages, with observed-at dates and confidence labels.

Research dossier

Interlake Senior High School: What The Data Says

Interlake Senior High School is a high school in Bellevue School District. The local dataset puts it at grade span 9-12 with enrollment of 1636. The headline academic number: 72.2% combined ELA/math meeting standard across the available three-year data, with 71.7% in the latest year.

The useful question is not just whether the scores are high. It is whether the school combines academics, access, peer depth, and day-to-day fit in a way that works for a specific child.

The Short Version

Local structured data: 72.2% combined ELA/math over available three-year data; 79.5% ELA and 64.8% math.
Access is the first filter: Attendance-area school. Home-address assignment for neighborhood schools; BSD placement/waitlist process for transfers.
There is public evidence of advanced peer depth: The school produced 46 National Merit Semifinalists in 2026, leading the state (Seattle Times 2026 NMSF Announcement).
The surrounding block group is Moderate for kid density, about 3.8 estimated kids per typical block.

Researched 2026-06-09. Citations and claim ledger included in the full dossier.

That is the free excerpt. The full dossier continues with the complete evidence review: academic outcomes in context, advanced-peer depth, program and access analysis, culture signals, logistics, neighborhood context, open questions, and every citation.

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Sources

OSPI / Data.WA Report Card assessments, demographics, and personnel data
Census ACS 5-year child-density estimates (block group)
Washington Science Olympiad state tournament results
The Blue Alliance (FRC team registry)
Washington High School Chess Association podium results
Seattle Times annual WA National Merit Semifinalist list
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (PTA / booster Form 990)