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Bells Mill Elementary

๐Ÿ“ 8225 Bells Mill Rd, Potomac, Montgomery County, 20854

611
Pupils
16.5
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Bells Mill Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Potomac, Montgomery County. The school has 611 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 56% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Montgomery County Public Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Bells Mill Elementary enrolls 611 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 37 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.

Male students
327 (54%)
Female students
284 (46%)
Teachers (FTE)
37
Student-teacher ratio
16.5:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% White, 27% Asian and 15% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White24841%
Asian16627%
Black or African American8915%
Hispanic or Latino599.7%
Two or more races498%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

100 of the school's 611 students (16%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 98 qualify for free lunch and 2 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Supplemental Virtual

Bells Mill Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MD-80, state senate district 15, state house district 15.

School district: Montgomery County Public Schools

Bells Mill Elementary is one of 210 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools, based in Rockville, Maryland. The district serves 159,181 students district-wide and employs 11,578 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 611 students, Bells Mill Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 758 students per school.

159,181
District students
210
Schools
11,578
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

56%
Reading proficient
57%
Math proficient
4%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Suburb - Large

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