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Enrollment
774
Middle
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000698
Bell Middle School
1001 ULYSSES STREET, GOLDEN, CO 80401 · (303) 982-4280 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL774 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Colorado public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
206 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
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 | 261 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 261 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 252 | 33% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
61.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
43.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.7% | 43.8% |
| 2023-24 | 57.8% | 40.7% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. 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
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Colorado 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 Colorado'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 Middle School
Bell Middle School's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Middle School this school | 774 | 26.6% | 50.8% |
| Lesher Middle School FORT COLLINS | 766 | 29.5% | 56.0% |
| Dunstan Middle School LAKEWOOD | 798 | 28.2% | 43.5% |
| Mesa Middle School CASTLE ROCK | 852 | 25.6% | 41.8% |
| Castle Rock Middle School CASTLE ROCK | 660 | 25.9% | 44.4% |
| Oberon Middle School ARVADA | 704 | 28.3% | 49.3% |
Matched among Colorado 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #52 of 241 | #7 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #62 of 244 ▲ 1 | #8 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #45 of 246 ▲ 2 | #5 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 774 | #38 of 278 | #4 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #201 of 227 | #10 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #171 of 227 | #11 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.6% | #204 of 246 | #10 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #39 of 55 | #9 of 13 |
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
774
-84 (-10%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 648
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 774 | 40.5 | 19.1:1 | 27% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 751 | 40.2 | 18.7:1 | 30% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 731 | 40.8 | 17.9:1 | 33% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 858 | 45 | 19.1:1 | 32% (276) |
| 2017-18 | 748 | 38.1 | 19.6:1 | 23% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 744 | 37 | 20.1:1 | 27% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | 29 | 17.4:1 | 35% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 785 | 42 | 18.7:1 | 14% (110) |
| 1990-91 | 648 | 32 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bell Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (748 to 774); teachers up 6% (38.1 to 40.5).
About Bell Middle School
Students in GOLDEN, Colorado, attend Bell Middle School, a large middle school. School enrollment was 774 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in Colorado is roughly 462 students; this school is 68% larger than that.
Jefferson County School District No. R-1, which runs Bell Middle School, has 148 schools and 74,935 students.
Roughly 74% of students at Bell Middle School are White. Enrollment also includes 17% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Bell Middle School's diversity index is 43%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Bell Middle School is 40.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 19.1:1. That is 3.2 students per teacher above the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. Around 27% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Bell Middle School is B+. Compared with Colorado public middle schools, the school scored higher than 74% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Bell Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 50.8% is within a point of the 50.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Jefferson County census figures show that the median household income is $110,656, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Jefferson County is home to 168 public schools and about 74,739 public school students.
The shortest distance from Bell Middle School to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Connections Learning Center on the Earle Johnson Campus. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Bell Middle School ranks 2nd in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 10% from 2020-21, when Bell Middle School had 858 students, to 2024-25, when it had 774.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,377
Census ACS
Median income
$110,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
74,739 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1
- Arvada West High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Chatfield High SchoolHigh · 1,808 students
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,735 students
- Columbine High SchoolHigh · 1,710 students
- Golden High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
Other schools in GOLDEN
- Golden High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
- Golden View Classical AcademyCombined · 737 students
- Fairmount Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
- Kyffin Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
- Mitchell Elementary SchoolElementary · 478 students
- Jeffco Virtual AcademyHigh · 441 students
Other Bell Middle schools
One other US public school is named Bell Middle. Bell Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Bell MiddleSan Diego, CA · 700 students
Nearby schools
- Connections Learning Center on the Earle Johnson Campus0.3 mi · 22
- Free Horizon Montessori0.9 mi · 382
- Golden View Classical Academy1.1 mi · 737
- Golden High School1.1 mi · 1,469
- Shelton Elementary School1.3 mi · 394
- Kyffin Elementary School2.2 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About Bell Middle SchoolHow large is Bell Middle School?
Bell Middle School enrolls approximately 774 students in grades 06-08.
Is Bell Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bell Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Bell Middle School have?
Bell Middle School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Bell Middle School?
Student demographics at Bell Middle School are roughly 74% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Bell Middle School in?
Bell Middle School is part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.