Bell City High School

Bell City High School is a medium-sized combined-grade school in Bell City, Louisiana, operated by Calcasieu Parish. The school enrolls 785 students in grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 49% above the state mean of about 527.

Calcasieu Parish comprises 56 schools with combined enrollment of 27,851 students; Bell City High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bell City High School shows that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Calcasieu Parish as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Bell City High School has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 52.1:1 average. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Calcasieu Parish runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bell City High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 55.7%; actual is 41.7%, a gap of -14.1 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Calcasieu Parish indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,564 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Bell City High School is one of 61 public schools in Calcasieu Parish (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students).

Lacassine High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.6 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bell City High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 38.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 3%: 760 students in 2018 compared to 785 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Bell City High School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.