Newport Senior High School

Newport Senior High School is a high school of high-enrollment scale in Bellevue, Washington, part of Bellevue School District, works with 1,850 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 223% bigger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 573 students.

Bellevue School District comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 20,339 students; Newport Senior High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Newport Senior High School reports that the largest single group is Asian, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 19% White, 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% 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, Newport Senior High School records 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Newport Senior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 16% of students at Newport Senior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Newport Senior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.5%; this one delivers 74.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for King County indicate median household income runs about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Newport Senior High School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

The closest other public school is Tyee Middle School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Newport Senior High School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 73.9%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 1,834 students in 2018 compared to 1,850 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 36% to 19% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 today.

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