Bell Intermediate Academy

Bell Intermediate Academy, a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in Martinsville, Indiana, overseen by MSD Martinsville Schools, serves 524 students, covering grades 5 through 6.

Bell Intermediate Academy is one of 10 schools operated by MSD Martinsville Schools, a district that hosts 3,998 students overall.

On demographics, Bell Intermediate Academy records that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Morgan County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Bell Intermediate Academy has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bell Intermediate Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Morgan County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,429, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Morgan County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,142 students), Bell Intermediate Academy is one campus in the mix.

Charles L Smith Fine Arts Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bell Intermediate Academy ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 46.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Bell Intermediate Academy's enrollment has fell 21% since 2018, when it stood at 663 (now 524). Class-load math has fell: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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