BELL H S

BELL H S, a sizable secondary school in HURST, Texas, overseen by HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD, serves 2,411 students, covering grades 10 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 203% above the state mean of about 796.

HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 23,262 students; BELL H S is among them.

In terms of who attends, BELL H S records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% White, 16% Black, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 143 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BELL H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.6%, the actual is 56.8%, a residual of +5.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Tarrant County indicate the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which BELL H S is one.

The closest other public school is STONEGATE EL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BELL H S comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BELL H S has expanded 4%, going from 2,318 students in 2018 to 2,411 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 43% to 35% over that span.

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