High · Florida

Bell High School

Free meals for all

Bell High School, a public high school in Bell, Florida: grades 6–12, 696 students, 18.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Gilchrist.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 696
Teachers (FTE): 38.0
Students per teacher: 18.3
Grades: 6–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 73% of high schools in Florida

Median 21.6 · 762 schools compared

More students per teacher than 75% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 54% of high schools in Florida

Median 948 · 833 schools compared

Larger than 65% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Florida's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Florida: 57%

66%proficient

+9.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 77% of high schools in Florida

Median 45% · 146 high schools compared

282 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5

Math

Florida: 59%

65%proficient

+12.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 80% of high schools in Florida

Median 39% · 146 high schools compared

258 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 6–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Distant rural area
Run by: Gilchrist

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Gilchrist.

Location

Address: 930 S Main St, Bell, FL 32619
Phone: (352)463-3232
City or town: Bell
County: Gilchrist County

Website Quality of life in Bell Schools in Bell

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Gilchrist Virtual FranchiseFully virtual	6–12	26	—	—	—	9.4 mi
Trenton High SchoolFree meals for all	6–12	701	17.1	61%	56%	9.4 mi
Branford High SchoolFree meals for all	6–12	799	19.7	54%	66%	15.1 mi
Fort White High SchoolFree meals for all	6–12	1,101	16.9	53%	49%	15.2 mi
Newberry High School	8–12	791	21.7	—	—	16.5 mi
Dixie County High SchoolFree meals for all	7–12	791	20.0	43%	33%	17.4 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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