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Enrollment
2,046
High
DISTRICT 1,102 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTEBELLO UNIFIED·NCES 062547003790
Bell Gardens High
6119 Agra St., Bell Gardens, CA 90201 · (323) 826-5151 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,046 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of California public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
106 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
1,779 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 519 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 513 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 491 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 523 | 26% |
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
40.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.5pp since 2014
Math
13.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.3% | 25.2% | 26.1% | 33.3% |
| Math | 4.3% | 9.1% | 16.3% | 70.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.5% | 13.4% |
| 2023-24 | 40.8% | 9.2% |
| 2022-23 | 36.9% | 7.1% |
| 2021-22 | 39.9% | 9.1% |
| 2020-21 | 55.9% | 15.2% |
| 2018-19 | 46.3% | 15.0% |
| 2017-18 | 38.7% | 10.1% |
| 2016-17 | 44.1% | 13.0% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 17.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bell Gardens High
Bell Gardens High's state test result (26.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Gardens High this school | 2,046 | 87.0% | 26.0% |
| Montebello High Montebello | 1,907 | 89.0% | 28.8% |
| Hector G. Godinez Santa Ana | 1,687 | 89.2% | 48.4% |
| Coachella Valley High Thermal | 2,300 | 90.3% | 25.6% |
| Calexico High Calexico | 2,746 | 84.9% | 31.4% |
| Santa Ana High Santa Ana | 2,505 | 90.6% | 27.5% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bell Gardens High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #903 of 1,052 | #191 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #880 of 1,056 ▲ 61 | #193 of 229 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #892 of 1,056 ▼ 45 | #193 of 229 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #495 of 1,044 | #142 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,046 | #265 of 2,093 | #53 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #436 of 1,352 | #155 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.8% | #1,348 of 1,351 | #359 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #411 of 1,575 | #192 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #95 of 802 | #47 of 227 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,046
-437 (-18%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 3,215
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 24.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,046 | 106.2 | 19.3:1 | 87% (1,779) |
| 2023-24 | 2,139 | 112.7 | 19.0:1 | 77% (1,637) |
| 2022-23 | 2,217 | 111.1 | 20.0:1 | 84% (1,852) |
| 2020-21 | 2,483 | 103 | 24.1:1 | 75% (1,853) |
| 2017-18 | 2,752 | 109.9 | 25.1:1 | 91% (2,502) |
| 2015-16 | 3,043 | 110 | 27.7:1 | 92% (2,804) |
| 2010-11 | 3,449 | N/A | N/A | 84% (2,889) |
| 2000-01 | 2,976 | 113 | 26.3:1 | 72% (2,145) |
| 1990-91 | 3,215 | 129 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bell Gardens High.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (2,752 to 2,046); teachers down 3% (109.9 to 106.2).
About Bell Gardens High
Bell Gardens High is a high-enrollment high school located in Bell Gardens, California. The school enrolls 2,046 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in California average about 838 students, which makes this school 144% larger than average.
Bell Gardens High is run by Montebello Unified, whose 29 schools enroll 19,149 students.
Roughly 100% of students at Bell Gardens High are Hispanic. County-wide, 48% of Los Angeles County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Bell Gardens High is 1%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Bell Gardens High reported 106.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 19.3:1. The school's 19.3:1 compares with an average of 18.2:1 for high schools in California. Roughly 87% of students at Bell Gardens High can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
On the allk12 Grade, Bell Gardens High lands at C-, ahead of 20% of California public high schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Bell Gardens High is 2.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 26.0%. Predicted: 28.6%.
In the surrounding county, Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Bell Gardens High, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Bell Gardens High ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Bell Gardens High had a net loss of 437 students, or 18%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 24.1 to 19.3 over 4 years.
This page collects posts and questions about Bell Gardens High, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montebello Unified
- Schurr HighHigh · 2,121 students
- Montebello HighHigh · 1,907 students
- Bell Gardens IntermediateMiddle · 790 students
- Greenwood ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Montebello IntermediateMiddle · 733 students
- Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryElementary · 702 students
Other schools in Bell Gardens
- Bell Gardens IntermediateMiddle · 790 students
- Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryElementary · 702 students
- Suva IntermediateMiddle · 650 students
- Bell Gardens ElementaryElementary · 624 students
- Suva ElementaryElementary · 562 students
- Garfield ElementaryElementary · 455 students
Nearby schools
- Cesar E. Chavez Elementary0.2 mi · 702
- Suva Intermediate0.8 mi · 650
- Bell Gardens Intermediate0.8 mi · 790
- Garfield Elementary0.8 mi · 455
- Suva Elementary0.9 mi · 562
- Ellen Ochoa Learning Center1.4 mi · 1,052
Frequently asked questions
About Bell Gardens HighHow many students attend Bell Gardens High?
Bell Gardens High enrolls approximately 2,046 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Bell Gardens High serve?
Bell Gardens High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Bell Gardens High have?
Bell Gardens High employs 106 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Bell Gardens High?
Student demographics at Bell Gardens High are roughly 0% White, 100% Hispanic, 0% Black.
What district is Bell Gardens High in?
Bell Gardens High is part of Montebello Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.