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If you could change one rule at Hilton D. Bell Intermediate, what would it be?
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Enrollment
632
Middle
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061488001826
Hilton D. Bell Intermediate
12345 Springdale St., Garden Grove, CA 92845 · (714) 663-6466 · Orange County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL632 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of California public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
23.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
263 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 7 | 330 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 301 | 48% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
80.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.7pp since 2014
Math
71.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 46.9% | 33.8% | 13.2% | 6.1% |
| Math | 51.0% | 20.3% | 15.8% | 12.9% |
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 | 80.7% | 71.3% |
| 2023-24 | 79.7% | 70.8% |
| 2022-23 | 74.7% | 63.0% |
| 2021-22 | 74.2% | 61.2% |
| 2018-19 | 78.7% | 68.2% |
| 2017-18 | 76.1% | 64.2% |
| 2016-17 | 67.0% | 58.4% |
| 2015-16 | 75.0% | 60.0% |
| 2014-15 | 71.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
75.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 55% 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 20 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 Hilton D. Bell Intermediate
Hilton D. Bell Intermediate's state test result (75.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilton D. Bell Intermediate this school | 632 | 41.6% | 75.6% |
| Yorba Linda Middle Yorba Linda | 818 | 34.1% | 70.1% |
| Brea Junior High Brea | 921 | 37.9% | 63.8% |
| South Lake Middle Irvine | 652 | 34.2% | 66.0% |
| Moreland Middle San Jose | 707 | 38.3% | 51.9% |
| Bernal Intermediate San Jose | 675 | 41.9% | 50.4% |
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 Hilton D. Bell Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #73 of 1,224 | #8 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #87 of 1,227 ▼ 8 | #11 of 85 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.7% | #66 of 1,227 ▼ 1 | #7 of 85 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.3pp | #133 of 1,214 | #10 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 632 | #707 of 1,377 | #54 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #1,012 of 1,279 | #60 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #82 of 1,278 | #6 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.6% | #1,031 of 1,329 | #57 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #223 of 257 | #7 of 9 |
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
632
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 25.3:1
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 | 632 | 27 | 23.4:1 | 42% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 608 | 27 | 22.5:1 | 46% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 629 | 26.8 | 23.5:1 | 41% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 633 | 25 | 25.3:1 | 33% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 25.5 | 24.4:1 | 29% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 695 | 26 | 26.7:1 | 26% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 703 | N/A | N/A | 17% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 719 | 25 | 28.8:1 | 10% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 523 | 18 | 29.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hilton D. Bell Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (624 to 632); teachers up 6% (25.5 to 27).
About Hilton D. Bell Intermediate
Hilton D. Bell Intermediate is a medium-sized middle school found in Garden Grove, California. It covers grades 7 through 8, with a total enrollment of 632 students.
Hilton D. Bell Intermediate is in Garden Grove Unified, a district with 36,994 students across 64 schools.
Hilton D. Bell Intermediate's enrollment has no majority group, and Asian students are the largest at 31%. The remaining students are 30% Hispanic, 29% White, and 9% multiracial. Among people living in Orange County, the Asian share is about 22%. By the diversity index, Hilton D. Bell Intermediate comes in at 72%.
A ratio of 23.4:1 comes from the school's 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 42% of students at Hilton D. Bell Intermediate as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 55% average for public schools in Orange County is 13 points.
Measured against California public middle schools, Hilton D. Bell Intermediate receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Hilton D. Bell Intermediate does better than predicted by 20.5 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 75.6%; the prediction is 55.1%.
Census estimates describe Orange County this way: median household income is about $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Orange County number 649 and enroll about 430,458.
The closest public school, Enders Elementary, is about 0.1 miles from Hilton D. Bell Intermediate. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Hilton D. Bell Intermediate is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
The NCES locale for Hilton D. Bell Intermediate is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (633) and 2024-25 (632). The ratio of students to teachers went from 25.3:1 to 23.4:1 over the same years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garden Grove Unified
- Garden Grove HighHigh · 2,148 students
- La Quinta HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Bolsa Grande HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Santiago HighHigh · 1,664 students
- Pacifica HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Rancho Alamitos HighHigh · 1,439 students
Other schools in Garden Grove
- Garden Grove HighHigh · 2,148 students
- Bolsa Grande HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Santiago HighHigh · 1,664 students
- Pacifica HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Rancho Alamitos HighHigh · 1,439 students
- Patton ElementaryElementary · 904 students
Nearby schools
- Enders Elementary0.1 mi · 400
- Loyal Barker Elementary0.2 mi · 444
- Pacifica High0.4 mi · 1,634
- Garden Park Elementary0.5 mi · 248
- Patton Elementary0.7 mi · 904
- Fryberger Elementary1.1 mi · 319
Frequently asked questions
About Hilton D. Bell IntermediateHow large is Hilton D. Bell Intermediate?
Hilton D. Bell Intermediate enrolls approximately 632 students in grades 07-08.
Is Hilton D. Bell Intermediate an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hilton D. Bell Intermediate is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hilton D. Bell Intermediate?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hilton D. Bell Intermediate is approximately 23.4:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hilton D. Bell Intermediate?
Student demographics at Hilton D. Bell Intermediate are roughly 29% White, 30% Hispanic, 0% Black, 31% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Hilton D. Bell Intermediate in?
Hilton D. Bell Intermediate is part of Garden Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.