BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in BELL, Florida, BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 656 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of GILCHRIST.

Within GILCHRIST, which oversees 5 schools and 2,858 students, BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.4%, the actual is 62.4%, a residual of +7.0 points.

In the broader community, Gilchrist County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,523, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 7 public schools in Gilchrist County (combined enrollment of about 2,858 students).

BELL HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 58.9%.

BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 583 (now 656). The White share of enrollment shrank from 85% to 81% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

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