BELL HIGH SCHOOL

BELL HIGH SCHOOL operates as a compact high school in BELL, Florida, operated by GILCHRIST. Current enrollment sits at 696 students spanning grades 6 through 12. That puts it 33% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

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

On demographics, BELL HIGH SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (80%) are White. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BELL HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.5%, the actual is 61.6%, a residual of +3.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, Gilchrist County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,523, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BELL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 7 public schools in Gilchrist County (combined enrollment of about 2,858 students).

BELL ELEMENTARY 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. On composite proficiency, BELL HIGH SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.9%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BELL HIGH SCHOOL has ticked up 6%, going from 656 students in 2018 to 696 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 87% to 80%. Class-load math has rose: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for BELL HIGH SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.