# Bellevue / Wilburton (BSD) — Seattle family neighborhood fact pack

Source: https://familyhomefinder.com/places/seattle/bellevue-wilburton-bsd
Last updated: 2026-05-03

## Headline
Backup pick (rank #5) in our family home-search sample report for this metro — short-listed but not in the top three.

## Schools (NCES Common Core, NCES CCD 2022-23)
- Bellevue High School (High, grades 9-12, 1,517 students, 15% free/reduced lunch) — https://familyhomefinder.com/schools/seattle/bellevue-high-school-0060
- Chinook Middle School (Middle, grades 6-8, 814 students, 21% free/reduced lunch) — https://familyhomefinder.com/schools/seattle/chinook-middle-school-0064
- Clyde Hill Elementary (Elementary, grades PK-5, 459 students, 14% free/reduced lunch) — https://familyhomefinder.com/schools/seattle/clyde-hill-elementary-0065
- Enatai Elementary School (Elementary, grades PK-5, 433 students, 20% free/reduced lunch) — https://familyhomefinder.com/schools/seattle/enatai-elementary-school-0067

## Climate (NOAA 1991-2020 normals at SEATTLE SAND PT WSFO, 6.3 mi)
- Annual mean: 53.2°F (low 46°F / high 61°F)
- Precipitation: 37.8 in/yr
- Snowfall: 3.8 in/yr

## Seismic (USGS NSHM)
- 2%-in-50yr PGA: 0.60g — High band (NSHM E2014B)

## Flood (FEMA NFHL)
- Zone: X (AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARD)

## Census ACS (ACS 5-year 2023)
- Median household income: $176,367
- Median home value: $2,000,001
- Family-with-kids share: 50%
- Population (ZCTA): 39,435

## Verdict
Academically excellent but culturally misaligned. The family explicitly said 'no pressure-cooker' — Bellevue HS is the textbook definition. Listed as a backup only because the elementary and commute are strong; do not buy here unless tolerance for academic intensity is genuinely higher than stated.

Pros: Shortest combined SLU + Bellevue commute of any zone; BSD has strongest mental-health support infrastructure in WA (MHAT program); Wilburton-specific home prices land $1.4–1.5M — at-budget.
Cons: 69% AP rate at Bellevue HS is genuinely pressure-cooker — explicit mismatch with family priority; BSD district mental-health data shows real stress underneath; Quest/GenEd social split flagged at elementary.

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