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Enrollment
790
Middle
DISTRICT 666 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTEBELLO UNIFIED·NCES 062547003791
Bell Gardens Intermediate
5841 Live Oak St., Bell Gardens, CA 90201 · (562) 927-1319 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL790 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of California public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
738 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 237 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 274 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 279 | 35% |
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
37.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.2pp since 2014
Math
22.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 19 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.3% | 25.9% | 23.3% | 39.5% |
| Math | 9.6% | 13.0% | 21.4% | 56.0% |
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 | 37.2% | 22.6% |
| 2023-24 | 37.2% | 17.9% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 19.4% |
| 2021-22 | 34.6% | 15.9% |
| 2020-21 | 32.2% | 19.4% |
| 2018-19 | 30.6% | 21.0% |
| 2017-18 | 29.9% | 19.8% |
| 2016-17 | 28.0% | 19.8% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Intermediate
Bell Gardens Intermediate's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Gardens Intermediate this school | 790 | 93.4% | 28.6% |
| Jack G. Desmond Middle Madera | 838 | 93.6% | 23.2% |
| Sequoia Middle Fontana | 791 | 93.8% | 28.1% |
| Belvedere Middle Los Angeles | 734 | 95.8% | 27.6% |
| Robert Louis Stevenson College and Career Preparatory Los Angeles | 792 | 96.2% | 26.6% |
| Pacoima Middle Pacoima | 823 | 91.9% | 31.2% |
Matched among California middle 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 Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #782 of 1,224 | #167 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #783 of 1,227 ▲ 62 | #176 of 248 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #791 of 1,227 ▼ 69 | #170 of 248 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #343 of 1,214 | #107 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 790 | #449 of 1,377 | #106 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #306 of 1,279 | #86 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.0% | #1,273 of 1,278 | #300 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.4% | #167 of 1,329 | #80 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.7% | #98 of 930 | #34 of 213 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
790
-189 (-19%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 2,067
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 27.2:1
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 | 790 | 41.7 | 18.9:1 | 93% (738) |
| 2023-24 | 822 | 45.6 | 18.0:1 | 78% (644) |
| 2022-23 | 858 | 42.4 | 20.2:1 | 75% (647) |
| 2020-21 | 979 | 36 | 27.2:1 | 94% (924) |
| 2017-18 | 1,157 | 37.9 | 30.5:1 | 89% (1,028) |
| 2015-16 | 1,184 | 37 | 32.0:1 | 86% (1,023) |
| 2010-11 | 1,172 | N/A | N/A | 87% (1,022) |
| 2000-01 | 2,042 | 70 | 29.2:1 | 95% (1,944) |
| 1990-91 | 2,067 | 81 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bell Gardens Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (1,157 to 790); teachers up 10% (37.9 to 41.7).
About Bell Gardens Intermediate
Located in Bell Gardens, California, Bell Gardens Intermediate is a medium-sized middle school. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 790 students.
Bell Gardens Intermediate belongs to Montebello Unified, a district of 29 schools and 19,149 students.
Bell Gardens Intermediate's enrollment is 99% Hispanic. That is higher than the 48% Hispanic share among all Los Angeles County residents. Bell Gardens Intermediate's diversity index is 1%, against a US figure of 70%.
Bell Gardens Intermediate operates with 41.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 18.9:1. On average, middle schools in California have 20.7:1, compared with 18.9:1 here. Bell Gardens Intermediate reports 93% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 23 points lower.
Bell Gardens Intermediate is graded B by allk12, scoring above 55% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Bell Gardens Intermediate is 3.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Across Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. In all, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools and roughly 1,265,907 students.
The school nearest to Bell Gardens Intermediate is Garfield Elementary, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Bell Gardens Intermediate ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Bell Gardens Intermediate's enrollment declined from 979 in 2020-21 to 790 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 27.2:1 to 18.9:1.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Bell Gardens HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Montebello HighHigh · 1,907 students
- Greenwood ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Montebello IntermediateMiddle · 733 students
- Cesar E. Chavez ElementaryElementary · 702 students
Other schools in Bell Gardens
- Bell Gardens HighHigh · 2,046 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
- Garfield Elementary0.5 mi · 455
- Bell Gardens Elementary0.6 mi · 624
- Cesar E. Chavez Elementary0.7 mi · 702
- Bell Gardens High0.8 mi · 2,046
- Park Avenue Elementary0.8 mi · 274
- Ellen Ochoa Learning Center0.8 mi · 1,052
Frequently asked questions
About Bell Gardens IntermediateHow many students attend Bell Gardens Intermediate?
Bell Gardens Intermediate enrolls approximately 790 students in grades 06-08.
Is Bell Gardens Intermediate an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bell Gardens Intermediate is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bell Gardens Intermediate?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bell Gardens Intermediate is approximately 18.9:1 (42 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bell Gardens Intermediate?
Bell Gardens Intermediate reports a student body of 0% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Bell Gardens Intermediate public or private?
Bell Gardens Intermediate is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montebello Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.