Interlake Senior High School

As a sizable high school in Bellevue, Washington, Interlake Senior High School instructs 1,611 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Bellevue School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 573 students each, so Interlake Senior High School sits 181% larger than that benchmark.

Within Bellevue School District, which oversees 30 schools and 20,339 students, Interlake Senior High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Interlake Senior High School logs that the most-represented group is Asian (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 22% White, 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 21% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Interlake Senior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below King County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Interlake Senior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.4%; this one delivers 63.6%.

In the broader community, King County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Interlake Senior High School is one.

Sherwood Forest Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Interlake Senior High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Interlake Senior High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 54.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 1,679 students in 2018 compared to 1,611 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 35% to 22% across the same window.

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