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Enrollment
2,088
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002844
Bell Senior High
4328 Bell Ave., Bell, CA 90201 · (323) 832-4700 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,088 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of California public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
20.7:1
101 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
1,908 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 650 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 545 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 452 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 441 | 21% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
62.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +24.0pp since 2014
Math
30.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +18.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 24 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.0% | 26.0% | 20.8% | 17.2% |
| Math | 11.2% | 18.9% | 18.9% | 51.1% |
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 | 62.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.2% | 20.6% |
| 2022-23 | 57.9% | 26.1% |
| 2021-22 | 49.6% | 28.8% |
| 2020-21 | 65.7% | 31.8% |
| 2018-19 | 55.0% | 32.7% |
| 2017-18 | 56.1% | 29.4% |
| 2016-17 | 64.8% | 32.8% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 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 Senior High
Bell Senior High's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Senior High this school | 2,088 | 91.4% | 41.7% |
| Matilda Torres High Madera | 2,017 | 89.9% | 34.8% |
| Watsonville High Watsonville | 2,215 | 91.1% | 25.4% |
| Hueneme High Oxnard | 1,913 | 91.2% | 24.4% |
| Indio High Indio | 1,962 | 93.8% | 22.8% |
| South East High South Gate | 1,990 | 92.1% | 34.9% |
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 Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #482 of 1,052 | #107 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #430 of 1,056 ▲ 165 | #100 of 229 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #421 of 1,056 ▲ 141 | #95 of 229 ▲ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.8pp | #270 of 1,044 | #82 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,088 | #240 of 2,093 | #45 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #645 of 1,352 | #217 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.2% | #1,210 of 1,351 | #283 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.4% | #247 of 1,575 | #137 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #177 of 802 | #73 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
2,088
-295 (-12%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 3,941
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 2,088 | 101 | 20.7:1 | 91% (1,908) |
| 2023-24 | 2,259 | 106.5 | 21.2:1 | 89% (2,013) |
| 2022-23 | 2,351 | 107.9 | 21.8:1 | 95% (2,240) |
| 2020-21 | 2,383 | 103 | 23.1:1 | 94% (2,235) |
| 2017-18 | 2,609 | 107.5 | 24.3:1 | 94% (2,451) |
| 2015-16 | 3,049 | 122 | 25.0:1 | 89% (2,727) |
| 2010-11 | 4,286 | N/A | N/A | 36% (1,526) |
| 2000-01 | 4,622 | 178 | 26.0:1 | 85% (3,910) |
| 1990-91 | 3,941 | 156 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bell Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (2,609 to 2,088); teachers down 6% (107.5 to 101).
About Bell Senior High
Students in Bell, California, attend Bell Senior High, a high-enrollment high school. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 2,088 students. High schools in California have about 838 students on average; enrollment here is 149% higher.
Los Angeles Unified runs Bell Senior High along with 783 other schools, enrolling 406,887 students in total.
Bell Senior High is 94% Hispanic by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 5% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Los Angeles County's population at about 48%. The diversity index for Bell Senior High is 12%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 101 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 20.7:1. Compared with the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 91% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Los Angeles County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
Bell Senior High holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 78% of California public high schools.
Bell Senior High scores 15.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 41.7% actual versus 26.0% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Los Angeles County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Los Angeles County number 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Jaime Escalante Elementary, is the closest to Bell Senior High. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Bell Senior High. On proficiency, Bell Senior High is ahead of the 35.6% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 7.
Bell Senior High falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 12% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 20.7 students per teacher, compared with 23.1 in 2020-21.
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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
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- Nueva Vista ElementaryElementary · 636 students
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- Woodlawn Avenue ElementaryElementary · 523 students
- Orchard Academies 2CMiddle · 395 students
- Magnolia Science Academy BellMiddle · 385 students
- Orchard Academies 2BMiddle · 352 students
Nearby schools
- Jaime Escalante Elementary0.4 mi · 453
- Corona Avenue Elementary0.4 mi · 542
- Nueva Vista Elementary0.5 mi · 636
- Maywood Academy High0.6 mi · 1,012
- Martha Escutia Primary Center0.6 mi · 179
- Teresa Hughes Elementary0.6 mi · 515
Frequently asked questions
About Bell Senior HighHow many students attend Bell Senior High?
Bell Senior High enrolls approximately 2,088 students in grades 09-12.
Is Bell Senior High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bell Senior High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bell Senior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bell Senior High is approximately 20.7:1 (101 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bell Senior High?
Bell Senior High reports a student body of 5% White, 94% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Bell Senior High public or private?
Bell Senior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.