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Bell Middle School

Bell Middle School school profile in Golden, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
75/100
durable school quality, supportive local context · high confidence
Enrollment
769
Enrollment has increased 5% over the available history.
FRL Share
22.6%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
749.4
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Bell Middle School

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Academic Quality

71

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

87

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

50

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

66

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

School metrics compare against peers; place metrics compare the linked tract against Golden and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 50 · Colorado 50
75 50
2 Academic average
Peer 735.5 · Colorado 735.5
749.4 735.5
3 ELA
Peer 741.7 · Colorado 741.7
756.5 741.7
4 Math
Peer 731.5 · Colorado 731.5
743.3 731.5
5 Science
Peer 733.2 · Colorado 733.2
748.4 733.2
6 Enrollment
Peer 469 · Colorado 469
769 469
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Golden 1.2 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
1.2 / 1k 1.2 / 1k
2 Market rent
Golden $2,295 · Colorado $1,977
$2,092 $2,295
3 Home price
Golden $844,660 · Colorado $556,199
$837,759 $844,660
4 Poverty rate
Golden 8.4% · Colorado 10.1%
12.3% 8.4%
5 Median income
Golden $120,982 · Colorado $101,131
$88,665 $120,982
6 Renter share
Golden 34.9% · Colorado 32.6%
63.2% 34.9%
Research notes

How to read this school page

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Academic picture

Bell Middle School currently posts a blended academic reading around 749.4, with ELA at 756.5, Math at 743.3, and Science at 748.4. Against Colorado middle schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 71/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has increased 5% over the available history. ELA has moved down 1.6 points over the available history. Math has moved down 3.4 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 87/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Bell Middle School currently serves about 769 students. FRL share sits near 22.6%, which is treated as support context rather than a penalty in the school score.

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What the surrounding tract looks like

Tract 010001 carries violent crime around 1.2 / 1k, market rent near $2,092, median income near $88,665, and home-price context near $837,759. That surrounding tract context supports the school score rather than standing alone as a disconnected local stat block.

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Housing and safety around the school

The school maps into ZIP 80401 where rent context currently sits near $2,092 and home-price context near $837,759. Nearby violent crime has moved down 40% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Bell Middle School currently reads as durable school quality, supportive local context. The total TractSignal school score is 75/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.