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Alumni: what's one memory from Bell Mountain Middle that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,066
Middle
DISTRICT 835 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MENIFEE UNION·NCES 062454010582
Bell Mountain Middle
28525 La Piedra Dr., Menifee, CA 92584 · (951) 301-8496 · Riverside County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,066 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
657 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 361 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 356 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 349 | 33% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
43.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -9.5pp since 2014
Math
31.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.3% | 31.2% | 28.7% | 27.8% |
| Math | 12.3% | 19.5% | 28.4% | 39.8% |
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 | 43.5% | 31.8% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 29.8% |
| 2022-23 | 42.5% | 31.8% |
| 2021-22 | 50.4% | 32.9% |
| 2018-19 | 62.3% | 47.7% |
| 2017-18 | 58.8% | 49.0% |
| 2016-17 | 60.2% | 51.7% |
| 2015-16 | 61.0% | 44.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Mountain Middle
Bell Mountain Middle's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Mountain Middle this school | 1,066 | 61.6% | 37.0% |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Middle Oceanside | 1,098 | 63.9% | 41.3% |
| Menifee Valley Middle Menifee | 941 | 62.5% | 41.6% |
| Kathryn Newport Middle Menifee | 965 | 66.9% | 39.3% |
| Beattie Middle Highland | 1,072 | 63.2% | 40.2% |
| Cope Middle Redlands | 1,191 | 63.3% | 40.9% |
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 Mountain Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #590 of 1,224 | #26 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #564 of 1,227 ▼ 7 | #22 of 78 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #625 of 1,227 ▼ 46 | #29 of 78 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.0pp | #102 of 1,214 | #5 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,066 | #146 of 1,377 | #20 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #1,129 of 1,279 | #62 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #170 of 1,278 | #10 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.6% | #820 of 1,329 | #65 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #522 of 930 | #33 of 61 |
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
1,066
+9 (+1%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 1,062
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 23.0:1
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 | 1,066 | 43.7 | 24.4:1 | 62% (657) |
| 2023-24 | 1,090 | 45.7 | 23.9:1 | 63% (688) |
| 2022-23 | 1,097 | 47.3 | 23.2:1 | 57% (623) |
| 2020-21 | 1,057 | 46 | 23.0:1 | 43% (456) |
| 2017-18 | 1,245 | 51.3 | 24.3:1 | 46% (571) |
| 2015-16 | 1,146 | 44 | 26.1:1 | 43% (491) |
| 2010-11 | 1,062 | N/A | N/A | 36% (380) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bell Mountain Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,245 to 1,066); teachers down 15% (51.3 to 43.7).
About Bell Mountain Middle
Bell Mountain Middle is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in Menifee, California. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 1,066 students. That is 62% bigger than the average of about 659 students for middle schools in California.
Bell Mountain Middle is one school in a 17-school district, Menifee Union, which enrolls 12,247 students.
Hispanic students make up 47% of enrollment at Bell Mountain Middle, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 23% multiracial, 20% White, 6% Asian, and 5% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
Bell Mountain Middle has 43.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 24.4:1. Middle schools in California have an average ratio of 20.7:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 62%. Public schools in Riverside County average 74%.
The model predicts 43.4% for a school in California with Bell Mountain Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Bell Mountain Middle posts 37.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Riverside County show that the median household earns about $93,074 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Riverside County, 543 public schools serve about 424,872 students.
Measured in a straight line, Callie Kirkpatrick Elementary is about 0.6 miles from Bell Mountain Middle. The five-mile area around Bell Mountain Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 43.0% proficiency; Bell Mountain Middle posts 37.0%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 1,057 in 2020-21, 1,066 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 23.0:1 to 24.4:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Bell Mountain Middle. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Menifee Union
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- Kathryn Newport MiddleMiddle · 965 students
- Menifee Valley MiddleMiddle · 941 students
- Southshore ElementaryElementary · 843 students
- Oak Meadows ElementaryElementary · 818 students
- Evans Ranch ElementaryElementary · 817 students
Other schools in Menifee
- Paloma Valley HighHigh · 2,487 students
- Heritage HighHigh · 2,330 students
- Santa Rosa AcademyCombined · 1,736 students
- Ethan A Chase MiddleMiddle · 1,447 students
- Kathryn Newport MiddleMiddle · 965 students
- Menifee Valley MiddleMiddle · 941 students
Nearby schools
- Callie Kirkpatrick Elementary0.6 mi · 664
- Santa Rosa Academy0.9 mi · 1,736
- Southshore Elementary1.0 mi · 843
- Chester W. Morrison Elementary1.5 mi · 518
- Freedom Crest Elementary1.6 mi · 707
- Paloma Valley High1.8 mi · 2,487
Frequently asked questions
About Bell Mountain MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Bell Mountain Middle?
Bell Mountain Middle enrolls approximately 1,066 students in grades 06-08.
Is Bell Mountain Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bell Mountain Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Bell Mountain Middle have?
Bell Mountain Middle employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.4:1.
How diverse is Bell Mountain Middle?
Bell Mountain Middle reports a student body of 20% White, 47% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 23% Two or more.
Who oversees Bell Mountain Middle?
Bell Mountain Middle is overseen by Menifee Union in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.