BELL EL

As a mid-tier K-5 school in TYLER, Texas, BELL EL teaches 540 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within TYLER ISD.

BELL EL is one of 26 schools operated by TYLER ISD, a district that enrolls 18,708 students overall.

In terms of who attends, BELL EL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. Other groups include 27% Black, 12% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at BELL EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Smith County (around 64%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BELL EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Smith County put the typical household earns roughly $74,192 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Smith County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,385 students), of which BELL EL is one.

The closest other public school is MOORE MIDDLE, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 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 EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 50.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 19%: 454 students in 2018 compared to 540 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 17% to 12%.

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