Bellevue is a Ward 8 neighborhood in far Southeast DC near the Maryland line, west of Congress Heights and south of Oxon Run Park. One school serves the immediate community, with the Ward 8 school network — including Hillsdale and Congress Heights schools — accessible via Metrobus along Alabama Avenue and Southern Avenue. Like all Ward 8 neighborhoods, Bellevue families benefit from DC's equitable access lottery provisions designed to ensure meaningful school choice for families in DC's southernmost communities.
Ward 8 families can apply to any DC public or charter school through the unified lottery. The application window opens in November at schoolchoice.dc.gov.
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