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Which teacher or staff member at Bell Creek Intermediate School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
682
Elementary
DISTRICT 609 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLBROOK-SUGARCREEK LOCAL·NCES 390472700688
Bell Creek Intermediate School
3777 Upper Bellbrook Rd, Bellbrook, OH 45305 · (937) 848-3777 · Greene County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL682 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Ohio public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
141 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 235 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 213 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 234 | 34% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
84.3%
OH avg 59.8% . +5.4pp since 2021
Math
89.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +3.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.3% | 89.4% |
| 2023-24 | 83.9% | 87.2% |
| 2022-23 | 82.2% | 89.7% |
| 2021-22 | 78.9% | 85.7% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
85.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bell Creek Intermediate School
Bell Creek Intermediate School's state test result (85.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Creek Intermediate School this school | 682 | 20.7% | 85.5% |
| Central Trail Elementary School Sylvania | 667 | 20.1% | 80.2% |
| Buckeye Woods Elementary School Grove City | 742 | 20.6% | 86.7% |
| Loveland Elementary School Loveland | 617 | 22.5% | 85.4% |
| Sauder Elementary School Massillon | 722 | 18.3% | 87.6% |
| Main Elementary School Beavercreek | 725 | 23.7% | 83.3% |
Matched among Ohio elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bell Creek Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Greene County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.5% | #124 of 673 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.4% | #95 of 1,569 ▲ 43 | #2 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.3% | #162 of 1,569 ▲ 67 | #3 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #623 of 1,514 | #6 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 682 | #162 of 1,808 | #5 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #1,478 of 1,582 | #17 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.5% | #944 of 1,590 | #15 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.7% | #628 of 767 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.6% | #215 of 561 | #4 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
682
+115 (+20%) vs 2020
+62% since 2000-01, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 24.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 682 | 30.7 | 22.3:1 | 21% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 640 | 30 | 21.3:1 | 19% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 628 | 31 | 20.3:1 | 11% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 567 | 23 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 31.5 | 18.6:1 | 19% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 597 | 30 | 19.9:1 | 20% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 27 | 21.8:1 | 20% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 422 | 22 | 19.2:1 | 6% (25) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bell Creek Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (585 to 682); teachers down 3% (31.5 to 30.7).
About Bell Creek Intermediate School
Bell Creek Intermediate School sits in Bellbrook, Ohio, and is classified as an elementary school. The school enrolls 682 students, from grades 3 through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Ohio) has about 404 students.
Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local has 2,725 students in 4 schools, and Bell Creek Intermediate School is one of those schools.
Most students at Bell Creek Intermediate School are White: 84% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 5% Asian, 4% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, Greene County is about 82% White. Bell Creek Intermediate School has a diversity index of 29%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Bell Creek Intermediate School counts 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 22.3 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Ohio, the typical ratio is 17.9:1. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades Bell Creek Intermediate School an A. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Bell Creek Intermediate School would be expected to post about 81.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 85.5%.
Greene County has these Census figures: median household income is about $87,309, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Bell Creek Intermediate School is among the 39 public schools in Greene County.
Nearest public school: Bellbrook High School, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Bell Creek Intermediate School places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put Bell Creek Intermediate School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was 567 in 2020-21 and 682 in 2024-25, a gain of 115 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.6:1 in 2020-21 to 22.3:1 in 2024-25.
The Bell Creek Intermediate School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Greene County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
169,688
Census ACS
Median income
$87,309
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
22,426 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local
- Bellbrook High SchoolHigh · 843 students
- Bellbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
- Stephen Bell Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
Other schools in Bellbrook
- Bellbrook High SchoolHigh · 843 students
- Bellbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
- Stephen Bell Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
Nearby schools
- Bellbrook High School0.2 mi · 843
- Bellbrook Middle School0.8 mi · 665
- Stephen Bell Elementary School1.5 mi · 535
- Prass Elementary School3.3 mi · 420
- Fairbrook Elementary School3.4 mi · 547
- J F Kennedy Elementary School3.6 mi · 602
Frequently asked questions
About Bell Creek Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bell Creek Intermediate School?
Bell Creek Intermediate School enrolls approximately 682 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Bell Creek Intermediate School serve?
Bell Creek Intermediate School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Bell Creek Intermediate School?
Approximately 22.3:1 students per teacher at Bell Creek Intermediate School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bell Creek Intermediate School?
At Bell Creek Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Bell Creek Intermediate School public or private?
Bell Creek Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.