Twelve Bellevue schools were among 174 chosen by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education as 2009 Washington Achievement Award winners. An Accountability Index is used to determine winners. Bellevue and Newport high schools, Tillicum and Tyee middle schools, Clyde Hill, Enatai, and Sherwood Forest elementaries were considered in the top five percent of schools across the state, based on WASL scores in language arts, math and science, and high school graduation rates for students eligible for free- and reduced-price lunches and those not eligible. Special recognition awards went to Interlake, Odle, Medina, Somerset and Stevenson for gifted education, to Clyde Hill for Language Arts and Science, to Enatai for Science, and to Bellevue High for Extended Graduation Rate.
