Winter Testing

Applications are posted online by mid-September.  The deadline to apply is the end of October.

  • Any parent of a BSD student in grades 1 – 11 can apply for their child to test.
  • Any parent of a private/home-school student in grades 1 – 11 who lives within the Bellevue School District service area can apply for their child to test.

Learn more about Winter Testing


Summer Testing

Applications are posted online at the beginning of May.  The deadline to apply is the end of June.

  • Any parent of a BSD student in grades 1 – 11 (currently in or just completed) who moved to the Bellevue School District after the winter testing deadline can apply for their child to test.
  • Any parent of a private/home-school student in grades 1 – 11 (currently in or just completed) who lives within the Bellevue School District service area can apply for their child to test.

Learn more about Summer Testing


Transfer Process from another School District

If your student is currently receiving highly capable services at another school district and you move to BSD, you may apply for Advanced Learning services.  You must live in the Bellevue School District, enroll in your neighborhood school and have a BSD student ID before you can apply.

Learn more about the Transfer Process


The Bellevue School District acknowledges that we learn, work, live and gather on the Indigenous Land of the Coast Salish peoples, specifically the Duwamish and Snoqualmie Tribes. We thank these caretakers of this land, who have lived and continue to live here, since time immemorial.