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Enrollment
607
Middle
DISTRICT 781 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEBER DISTRICT·NCES 490120000639
T.H. Bell Jr High
165 W 5100 S, OGDEN, UT 84405 · (801) 452-4600 · Weber County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL607 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
308 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 189 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 186 | 31% |
| Grade 9 | 232 | 38% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 47% · 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
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
23.8%
UT avg 41.4% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
20.4%
UT avg 41.8% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.8% | 20.4% |
| 2023-24 | 24.4% | 19.5% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. 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
20.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Utah 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 Utah'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 T.H. Bell Jr High
T.H. Bell Jr High's state test result (20.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| T.H. Bell Jr High this school | 607 | 50.7% | 20.7% |
| North Davis Jr High CLEARFIELD | 941 | 49.2% | 32.4% |
| Fossil Ridge Intermediate St. George | 727 | 48.1% | N/A |
| Sand Ridge Jr High ROY | 695 | 43.0% | 25.1% |
| Lava Ridge Intermediate SANTA CLARA | 699 | 42.5% | 49.8% |
| Roy Jr High ROY | 960 | 42.5% | 28.5% |
Matched among Utah middle 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 T.H. Bell Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Weber County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #129 of 136 | #12 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #126 of 140 ▲ 4 | #9 of 13 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #129 of 140 ▼ 2 | #12 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 607 | #109 of 144 | #11 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #30 of 137 | #4 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #39 of 137 | #4 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #18 of 141 | #3 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #65 of 77 | #8 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
607
-52 (-8%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 752
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 | 607 | 31 | 19.6:1 | 51% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 644 | 34.3 | 18.8:1 | 54% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 670 | 32.2 | 20.8:1 | 42% (280) |
| 2020-21 | 659 | N/A | N/A | 43% (284) |
| 2017-18 | 631 | N/A | N/A | 51% (320) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | N/A | N/A | 55% (358) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | 27 | 22.3:1 | 50% (304) |
| 2000-01 | 670 | 28 | 23.9:1 | 34% (231) |
| 1990-91 | 752 | 29 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for T.H. Bell Jr High.
About T.H. Bell Jr High
T.H. Bell Jr High is a middle school in OGDEN, Utah, reachable at (801) 452-4600. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 607 students in grades 7 through 9. Against the 831-student average for middle schools in Utah, enrollment here is 27% lower.
Weber District enrolls 32,054 students, and its 52 schools include T.H. Bell Jr High.
At 64%, White students outnumber all other groups at T.H. Bell Jr High combined. Smaller groups are 29% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 83% of Weber County residents are White. By the diversity index, T.H. Bell Jr High comes in at 51%.
Teacher staffing is 31 full-time equivalents, or about 19.6 students per teacher. Among middle schools in Utah, the typical ratio is 21.7:1. About 51% of students, or 308, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 35% for public schools in Weber County.
Test results at T.H. Bell Jr High are 14.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (20.7% actual, 35.0% predicted).
In the county around the school, Weber County, median household income is about $90,005, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. A total of 95 public schools operate in Weber County, serving about 49,670 students.
The nearest other public school, Roosevelt School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, T.H. Bell Jr High is 8th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns T.H. Bell Jr High the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 659 to 607 over 4 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for T.H. Bell Jr High covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Weber County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,648
Census ACS
Median income
$90,005
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
49,670 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Weber District
- Weber HighHigh · 2,002 students
- Roy HighHigh · 1,661 students
- Fremont HighHigh · 1,448 students
- Bonneville HighHigh · 1,373 students
- West Field High SchoolHigh · 1,257 students
- Wahlquist Jr HighMiddle · 1,033 students
Other schools in OGDEN
- Weber HighHigh · 2,002 students
- Bonneville HighHigh · 1,373 students
- Davinci AcademyCombined · 1,271 students
- West Field High SchoolHigh · 1,257 students
- Ben Lomond HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Ogden HighHigh · 1,127 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt School0.1 mi · 374
- Bonneville Preschool0.4 mi · 59
- Bonneville High0.4 mi · 1,373
- Washington Terrace School0.7 mi · 433
- H Guy Child School1.0 mi · 380
- South Ogden Jr High1.1 mi · 799
Frequently asked questions
About T.H. Bell Jr HighHow many students attend T.H. Bell Jr High?
T.H. Bell Jr High enrolls approximately 607 students in grades 07-09.
What grades does T.H. Bell Jr High serve?
T.H. Bell Jr High serves grades 07-09.
What is the student-teacher ratio at T.H. Bell Jr High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at T.H. Bell Jr High is approximately 19.6:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at T.H. Bell Jr High?
At T.H. Bell Jr High, the student body is approximately 64% White, 29% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is T.H. Bell Jr High in?
T.H. Bell Jr High is part of Weber District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.