For the third time in a month, schools in the Bellevue School District have caught the attention of national news lists deeming them among the best in the country.

All five high schools in the Bellevue School District finished among the top 100 schools in the nation on the newly releasedWashington Post Challenge Index, a nationally recognized ranking of how well schools prepare students for college. International School was the highest ranking Bellevue school on the list, coming in at number 40. Interlake, Newport, Bellevue and Sammamish high schools also scored in the top 100, and Bellevue schools claimed the top five spots in Washington State.

Bellevue schools also had a strong showing on the newly released “America’s Best High Schools 2012” list from Newsweek magazine.  Four Bellevue high schools ranked among the top 1,000 public high schools in the nation: International ranked 24th, Newport ranked 105th, Interlake ranked 114th and Bellevue ranked 165th.