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Bell Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1001 Ulysses St

Golden CO, 80401, Jefferson County

Phone: 303-982-4280

Ranking:

(451 out of 1,246, top 36%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Jefferson County School District R-1

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	38		34		26		29		30		31		31
Total Students:	621		512		499		505		533		534		574
Grade 6:	111	17.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 7:	237	38.2%	277	54.1%	223	44.7%	259	51.3%	251	47.1%	276	51.7%	245	42.7%
Grade 8:	273	44.0%	235	45.9%	276	55.3%	246	48.7%	282	52.9%	258	48.3%	329	57.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	321	51.7%	256	50.0%	269	53.9%	279	55.2%	255	47.8%	258	48.3%	299	52.1%
Female:	300	48.3%	256	50.0%	230	46.1%	226	44.8%	270	50.7%	268	50.2%	271	47.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.6%	4	0.8%	8	1.6%	9	1.8%	3	0.6%	5	0.9%	6	1.0%
Asian:	18	2.9%	12	2.3%	9	1.8%	10	2.0%	18	3.4%	21	3.9%	22	3.8%
Hispanic:	91	14.7%	86	16.8%	69	13.8%	81	16.0%	74	13.9%	51	9.6%	48	8.4%
Black:	7	1.1%	5	1.0%	10	2.0%	11	2.2%	11	2.1%	9	1.7%	7	1.2%
White:	485	78.1%	391	76.4%	389	78.0%	374	74.1%	427	80.1%	448	83.9%	491	85.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	4	0.8%	4	0.8%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	15	2.4%	10	2.0%	10	2.0%	20	4.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	161	25.9%	146	28.5%	127	25.5%	144	28.5%	140	26.3%	110	20.6%	115	20.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	43	6.9%	36	7.0%	39	7.8%	32	6.3%	34	6.4%	37	6.9%	29	5.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.26		14.85		18.90		17.18		18.01		17.20		18.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2004	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	54	51	42
2005	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	58	57	46
2006	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	54	54	44
2007	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	60	57	51
2008	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	56	55	46
2009	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	58	61	55
2010	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	46	56	49
2011	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	59	61	53
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	70	70	61
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	72	73	64
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	75	72	64
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	76	72	66
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	73	71	65
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	73	73	68
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	70	75	68
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	77	74	67
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	58	61	52
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	66	64	56
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	68	64	56
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	68	68	61
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	63	65	58
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	72	67	61
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	61	65	58
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	63	64	59
2004	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	50	52	41
2005	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	61	54	44
2006	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	61	54	45
2007	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	61	55	46
2008	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	57	57	47
2009	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	60	61	50
2010	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	60	58	51
2011	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	53	59	51
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	68	70	64
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	70	71	64
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	75	72	66
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	72	70	63
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	73	74	67
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	71	69	64
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	78	73	68
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	67	72	67
2004	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	70	65	51
2005	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	74	64	51
2006	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	69	62	51
2007	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	79	65	52
2008	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	67	58	46
2009	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	70	60	49
2010	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	66	57	48
2011	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	54	58	49
2004	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	50	56	49
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	60	58	52
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	63	57	51
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	65	59	51
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	56	58	52
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	56	58	52
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	58	60	55
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	53	59	55
TCAP
2012	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	57.1	61.5	53.1
2013	Math	7th Grade	% Proficient	53.8	63.5	55.0
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	73.7	75.0	68.2
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% Proficient	72.2	75.9	67.5
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	64.1	66.9	61.8
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% Proficient	63.0	68.3	61.3
2012	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	54.9	58	51.5
2013	Math	8th Grade	% Proficient	53.8	59.0	51.5
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	76.8	74.2	67.1
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% Proficient	71.3	74.0	66.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	59.7	57.4	48.9
2013	Science	8th Grade	% Proficient	63.4	61.0	51.7
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	56.7	58.8	54.8
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% Proficient	51.3	59.8	55.8

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	31.3%	21.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	68.8%	78.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	9.4%	9.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	90.6%	90.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$54,744.0	$57,686.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,191.0	$36,231.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$57,077.0	$59,831.0

* Bell Middle School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.