Bell Middle School

As a sizable junior high in GOLDEN, Colorado, Bell Middle School enrolls 774 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1. Enrollment runs roughly 68% above the state mean of about 462.

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 comprises 148 schools with combined enrollment of 74,935 students; Bell Middle School is among them.

On demographics, Bell Middle School reports that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bell Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.6%; this one delivers 50.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household income runs about $110,656, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), of which Bell Middle School is one.

Connections Learning Center on the Earle Johnson Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bell Middle School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 47.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 3%: 748 students in 2018 compared to 774 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 79% to 74% over that span.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.