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2007 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) Results
English
Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
All
percentage of students passing
Bell High School
93
82
79
96
72
Grade 10
93
78
73
94
66
Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD
91
80
72
94
66
All Texas public schools
85
65
59
87
51
Grade 11
94
86
86
97
78
Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD
93
87
84
97
78
All Texas public schools
91
81
78
94
70
percentage of students commended performance
Bell High School
25
18
16
46
5
performance improvements needed to achieve Exemplary rating
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 177 students representing 15 percent of all students taking TAKS English language arts test from 88 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 294 students representing 26 percent of all students taking TAKS English language arts test from 87 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 82 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 138 students representing 12 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 64 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 179 students representing 16 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 73 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 749 students representing 66 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 86 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 293 students representing 26 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 70 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS science test from 79 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 138 students representing 12 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 59 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 178 students representing 16 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 64 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 737 students representing 65 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 86 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 289 students representing 26 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 64 percent to 90 percent.
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Increase passing percentage of SDAA tests taken by special education students from 66 percent to 90 percent.
2006 Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) Mean Scores
Verbal
Mathematics
Composite
Bell High School
na
na
1019
Texas
491
506
997
National
503
518
1021
2005 - 2006 Mobility Percentage:16.0
Mobility percentage is calculated by dividing the number of students enrolled at the school for less than 83 percent of the school year by the total number of students enrolled at the school any time during the school year.
2006 - 2007 Enrollment and Class Sizes
Students
Average
class size
Bell High School
1,921
Tenth grade
667
Eleventh grade
657
Twelfth grade
597
English/language arts
22.3
Foreign languages
21.1
Mathematics
20.3
Science
19.7
Social studies
21.5
Gifted and talented program
229
Special education program
173
For additional information about the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District, click on this Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD link. Click on this Colleyville link for Colleyville residential real estate information.
Sources: Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District; Texas Education Agency.
