Bellbrook Middle School

Summary:

Bellbrook Middle School is a high-performing public middle school serving grades 6-8 in the Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local School District, with a student population of 612. The school has consistently been ranked among the top middle schools in Ohio, earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for several consecutive years.

Bellbrook Middle School stands out for its exceptional academic performance, consistently outperforming the state and local district averages on Ohio State Tests across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school had 94.7% of 8th graders proficient or better in Science, compared to 94.9% for the Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local district and 62.1% for the state of Ohio. The school also maintains relatively low chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 4.7% in 2020-2021 to 11.3% in 2022-2023, significantly lower than the state average.

When compared to nearby middle schools, such as Oakwood Junior High and the Centerville City middle schools, Bellbrook Middle School generally outperforms its peers in academic performance, with higher proficiency rates in core subject areas. The school's consistent top rankings and strong performance across various metrics make it a standout educational institution in the region.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 3600 Feedwire Rd
       Bellbrook, OH  45305-9704


(937) 848-2141

District: Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local

SchoolDigger Rank:
61st of 1,046 Ohio Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,022 Help


Students who attend Bellbrook Middle School usually attend:

High:    Bellbrook High School

Feeder schools for Bellbrook Middle School:

Elementary:    Bell Creek Intermediate School
    Stephen Bell Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  18.8 Help
Number of students:  628

Racial breakdown:

White:
82.0%
Two or more races:
5.9%
African American:
4.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  19.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Bellbrook Middle School ranks better than 94.2% of middle schools in Ohio. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 89.68. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (82%), two or more races (5.9%), African American (4.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 19.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Bellbrook Middle School is 18.8. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Bellbrook Middle School is $11,022.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Bellbrook Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Bellbrook Middle School 61st of 1046 Ohio public middle schools. (See Bellbrook Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local:

SchoolDigger ranks Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local 55th of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Bellbrook Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Bellbrook Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 87.96 21st 400 94.8%
2005 81.03 102nd 692 85.3%
2006 82.25 70th 732 90.4%
2007 80.77 113th 837 86.5%
2008 76.88 173rd 835 79.3%
2009 84.67 63rd 858 92.7%
2010 83.62 75th 895 91.6%
2011 83.22 72nd 925 92.2%
2012 82.33 83rd 989 91.6%
2013 83.74 60th 1001 94.0%
2014 83.45 61st 1008 93.9%
2015 81.11 161st 1035 84.4%
2016 88.59 67th 1050 93.6%
2017 85.63 96th 1038 90.8%
2018 87.44 70th 1010 93.1%
2019 88.60 58th 1050 94.5%
2021 91.81 37th 1037 96.4%
2022 91.80 34th 1017 96.7%
2023 90.00 53rd 1048 94.9%
2024 89.68 61st 1046 94.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Bellbrook Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 91.26 13th 254 94.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Bellbrook Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 82.11 47th 590 92.0%
2024 72.26 76th 563 86.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Bellbrook Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.56 206th 924 77.7%
2019 82.96 82nd 945 91.3%
2021 89.30 45th 923 95.1%
2022 86.63 63rd 947 93.3%
2023 76.56 167th 974 82.9%
2024 67.63 309th 989 68.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Bellbrook Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.89 84th 897 90.6%
2019 87.48 55th 917 94.0%
2021 92.10 30th 910 96.7%
2022 91.26 28th 925 97.0%
2023 89.02 38th 943 96.0%
2024 88.41 67th 942 92.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Bellbrook Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.31 307th 643 52.3%
2019 62.41 163rd 658 75.2%
2021 77.67 61st 576 89.4%
2022 87.69 20th 565 96.5%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Bellbrook Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.33 114th 521 78.1%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Bellbrook Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.16 1st 6 83.3%
2022 65.05 6th 13 53.8%
2023 76.30 2nd 12 83.3%
2024 86.78 1st 14 92.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Bellbrook Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.55 63rd 916 93.1%
2019 89.94 39th 933 95.8%
2021 91.33 40th 924 95.7%
2022 90.88 49th 946 94.8%
2023 90.85 40th 963 95.8%
2024 90.50 46th 958 95.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Bellbrook Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 89.66 26th 384 93.2%
2021 77.29 49th 385 87.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Bellbrook Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.14 19th 192 90.1%
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Rank History for White students at Bellbrook Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.93 65th 781 91.7%
2019 88.18 44th 796 94.5%
2021 92.24 26th 781 96.7%
2022 90.59 33rd 809 95.9%
2023 88.33 45th 805 94.4%
2024 87.79 54th 795 93.2%
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Data source: test scores: Ohio Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Bellbrook Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 239 0 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 242
1989 252 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 254
1990 339 0 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 341
1991 367 0 0 3 1 n/a n/a 0 371
1992 414 0 1 4 1 n/a n/a 0 420
1993 455 0 2 3 1 n/a n/a 0 461
1994 510 0 2 2 1 n/a n/a 0 515
1995 560 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 561
1996 560 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 561
1997 553 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 553
1998 581 1 1 2 1 n/a n/a 0 586
1999 594 3 1 1 1 n/a n/a 0 600
2000 612 4 5 1 0 n/a n/a 0 622
2001 615 4 4 2 0 n/a n/a 0 625
2002 627 7 11 3 2 n/a n/a 8 658
2003 627 7 11 3 2 n/a n/a 8 658
2004 664 14 10 5 1 n/a n/a 8 702
2005 638 14 14 5 0 n/a n/a 10 681
2006 618 8 10 5 2 n/a n/a 13 656
2007 593 15 11 5 2 n/a n/a 16 642
2008 583 20 11 7 2 n/a n/a 19 642
2009 580 22 14 11 1 n/a n/a 19 647
2010 564 24 14 6 1 n/a n/a 13 622
2011 547 22 9 28 5 0 17 0 628
2012 546 28 14 29 2 0 23 0 642
2013 551 21 9 21 3 0 30 0 635
2014 547 20 8 22 2 0 26 0 625
2015 529 16 10 26 2 1 25 0 609
2016 535 25 17 29 1 2 23 0 632
2017 579 23 22 23 0 1 19 0 667
2018 550 24 20 26 0 0 18 0 638
2019 577 26 18 24 0 0 19 0 664
2020 566 24 17 26 0 0 24 0 657
2021 542 29 24 18 0 0 20 0 633
2022 538 22 18 19 0 0 27 0 624
2023 512 26 19 22 0 0 33 0 612
2024 515 30 26 20 0 0 37 0 628

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Bellbrook Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 242 10.0 24.2 0
1989 254 11.0 23.0 n/a
1990 341 15.7 21.7 n/a
1991 371 17.2 21.5 n/a
1992 420 20.0 21.0 0.5
1993 461 22.2 20.8 1.3
1994 515 23.8 21.6 2.1
1995 561 28.1 20.0 2.5
1996 561 28.1 20.0 2.5
1997 553 30.7 18.0 3.3
1998 586 32.9 17.8 2.4
1999 600 35.3 17.0 3.5
2000 622 35.4 17.6 2.7
2001 625 37.0 16.9 9.6
2002 658 35.2 18.7 5.5
2003 658 35.2 18.7 5.5
2004 702 34.4 20.4 5.5
2005 681 34.6 19.7 6.9
2006 656 33.9 19.4 8.4
2007 642 33.9 18.9 9.6
2008 642 32.0 20.1 n/a
2009 647 35.6 18.2 13.2
2010 622 33.4 18.6 15.8
2011 628 32.2 19.5 14.3
2012 642 31.8 20.1 16
2013 635 29.7 21.3 18.3
2014 625 31.6 19.7 18.1
2015 609 n/a n/a 20.5
2016 632 31.0 20.3 25.2
2017 667 31.9 20.8 22.5
2018 638 33.1 19.2 19.6
2019 664 33.2 19.9 17.5
2020 657 33.9 19.3 14.9
2021 633 32.1 19.7 n/a
2022 624 30.7 20.2 n/a
2023 612 31.3 19.5 12.9
2024 628 33.3 18.8 19.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Bellbrook Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 242 10.0 24.2 0
1989 254 11.0 23.0 n/a
1990 341 15.7 21.7 n/a
1991 371 17.2 21.5 n/a
1992 420 20.0 21.0 0.5
1993 461 22.2 20.8 1.3
1994 515 23.8 21.6 2.1
1995 561 28.1 20.0 2.5
1996 561 28.1 20.0 2.5
1997 553 30.7 18.0 3.3
1998 586 32.9 17.8 2.4
1999 600 35.3 17.0 3.5
2000 622 35.4 17.6 2.7
2001 625 37.0 16.9 9.6
2002 658 35.2 18.7 5.5
2003 658 35.2 18.7 5.5
2004 702 34.4 20.4 5.5
2005 681 34.6 19.7 6.9
2006 656 33.9 19.4 8.4
2007 642 33.9 18.9 9.6
2008 642 32.0 20.1 n/a
2009 647 35.6 18.2 13.2
2010 622 33.4 18.6 15.8
2011 628 32.2 19.5 14.3
2012 642 31.8 20.1 16
2013 635 29.7 21.3 18.3
2014 625 31.6 19.7 18.1
2015 609 n/a n/a 20.5
2016 632 31.0 20.3 25.2
2017 667 31.9 20.8 22.5
2018 638 33.1 19.2 19.6
2019 664 33.2 19.9 17.5
2020 657 33.9 19.3 14.9
2021 633 32.1 19.7 n/a
2022 624 30.7 20.2 n/a
2023 612 31.3 19.5 12.9
2024 628 33.3 18.8 19.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Bellbrook Middle School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $7,479
2022 $11,087
2023 $11,561
2024 $11,022

Data source: Ohio Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Bellbrook Middle School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 58th of 1050 Middle schoolsRanks 53rd of 1048 Middle schools
 0.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Bellbrook Middle School)86.372.2
 14.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local)88.979.5
 9.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)60.150
 10.1%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Bellbrook Middle School)77.473
 4.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local)77.372.9
 4.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)56.155
 1.1%
7th Grade Mathematics (Bellbrook Middle School)82.583.3
 0.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local)82.583.4
 0.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)57.547.6
 9.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Bellbrook Middle School)92.487.1
 5.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local)92.487.6
 4.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)67.764.8
 2.9%
8th Grade Science (Bellbrook Middle School)9193.9
 2.9%
   8th Grade Science (Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local)91.194
 2.9%
   8th Grade Science (Ohio)68.264
 4.2%
8th Grade Mathematics (Bellbrook Middle School)89.891.5
 1.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local)89.891.9
 2.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)57.346.4
 10.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Bellbrook Middle School)7483
 9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local)74.183.3
 9.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)58.357.5
 0.8%
End of Course Geometry (Bellbrook Middle School)100100
   End of Course Geometry (Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local)75.180.2
 5.1%
   End of Course Geometry (Ohio)50.141.8
 8.3%
End of Course Algebra I (Bellbrook Middle School)100100
   End of Course Algebra I (Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local)87.784.8
 2.9%
   End of Course Algebra I (Ohio)61.153
 8.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students664612
 7.8%
African American2626
American Indian00
Asian1819
 5.6%
Hispanic2422
 8.3%
Pacific Islander00
White577512
 11.3%
Two or More Races1933
 73.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients17.5%12.9%
 4.6%


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Students at Bellbrook Middle School are 82% White, 6% Two or more races, 5% African American, 4% Asian, 3% Hispanic.

Students who attend Bellbrook Middle School usually go on to attend Bellbrook High School

Yes. Bellbrook Middle School ranks in the top 5.8% of Ohio middle schools.

In the 2023-24 school year, 628 students attended Bellbrook Middle School.


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