How is Stevenson Elementary in Bellevue? (relocation, house, diversity)

[CityGirl72]

I'm only assuming since it's Bellevue it's got to be good??

In my husband swaying my decisions to move, he's now shown me probably our perfect house (okay I'd like more sqft but other then that....)

And it's by Stevenson, so I'd like to know how the school is - right now we are at Wedgwood Elementary - and I find it just So So

[allforcats]

Hi. Have you checked Great Schools? If not, here's their Stevenson page:
Greatschools.net Search: Stevenson Elementary

[allforcats]

Just thought of another resource, which I actually stole from contributor Prple, the WA schools report card:
Washington State Report Card

[jwb123]

You aren't leaving the area now??

[CityGirl72]

WE might be - I am being flown in on Thursday for a panel interview (my third) and then we need to weight the pros and cons (and how much they will give for relocation)

In my husband tryin gto be the cheerleader for staying - he showed me a house well, was so "us" it was scary

[la_fuerza]

At least at the elementary school in Bellevue only a fraction of the students are ESL. If CityGirl goes back to California the percentage of ESL students will probably be closer to 90%

Moving to Bellevue is probably the best decision.

[CityGirl72]

HMMM Depends on which school we choose - I don't think the area in Folsom (which ranks a 10 on Greatschools.net) will have many ESL students - the area statistics of City Data say it's 72% caucasian

PS - not that ESL students are bad...sometimes it's nice to have some diversity you know? And since I grew up in So Cal, most everyone was ESL

[jwb123]

Reading through the parent reviews on this elementary in Bellevue, all seem to say that it's largely ESL kids... it appears as if the "fraction" is actually a large portion.

[CityGirl72]

HMMMM - maybe I'l jont on over and check it out