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BELL Academy

25Q294

06,07,08 - Queens, District 25

18-25 212 STREET (get directions)

$93.71/student (PTA & enrollment SY2024-25)

545 students (SY2025-26)

[email protected] budget $7,788,108 ($14,290/student)

Attendance: 95.4%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 98.8%

Math Course Pass Rate: 99.8%

Overview

BELL Academy is a junior high-intermediate-middle school (grades 06,07,08) in Queens, Community School District 25.

Enrollment & demographics

School year	Total enrollment
2013-14	367
2014-15	369
2015-16	367
2016-17	369
2017-18	375
2018-19	363
2019-20	361
2020-21	353
2021-22	355
2022-23	347
2023-24	360
2024-25	440
2025-26	545

% female: 51% (2025-26)

% poverty: 40.9% (2025-26)

% students with disabilities: 19.8% (2025-26)

% English language learners: 4.6% (2025-26)

Data year

Mixed years. Each share is the newest year this school published it, shown next to the number.

Race / ethnicity

DOE reports race and ethnicity. It does not publish country of nationality.

Asian: 45.7% (2025-26)

Black: 2.9% (2025-26)

Hispanic: 25.1% (2025-26)

White: 22.8% (2025-26)

Multi-racial: 2.9% (2025-26)

Native American: 0.4% (2025-26)

Economic Need Index: 0.39 (DOE's poverty/need composite score, 0-1)

Academic / quality

Attendance: 95.4%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 98.8%

Math Course Pass Rate: 99.8%

Year	Metric	Value
2024	Attendance	95.4%
2024	ELA course pass rate	98.8%
2024	Math course pass rate	99.8%
2023	Attendance	95.8%
2023	ELA course pass rate	99.1%
2023	Math course pass rate	99.7%
2022	Attendance	95.7%
2022	ELA course pass rate	99.4%
2022	Math course pass rate	98.8%
2021	Attendance	94.7%
2021	ELA course pass rate	98.5%
2021	Math course pass rate	99.1%
2020	Attendance	97.5%
2020	ELA course pass rate	98.3%
2020	Math course pass rate	100%
2019	Attendance	96.6%
2019	ELA course pass rate	99.1%
2019	Math course pass rate	99.7%
2018	Attendance	95.9%
2018	ELA course pass rate	96.9%
2018	Math course pass rate	98.9%
2017	ELA course pass rate	97.5%
2017	Math course pass rate	99.7%
2016	ELA course pass rate	99.5%
2016	Math course pass rate	99.2%
2015	ELA course pass rate	98.4%
2015	Math course pass rate	100%

See the full report on DOE's site for every metric this dataset publishes.

State tests

Mean scale score on the New York State test for the grades this school serves. The percent is students at level 3 or 4, not a percentile rank. Scores from 2023 on use the current standards and are not comparable to earlier years. High school SAT section scores stay in Academic / quality.

Year	Grade	Test	Mean scale score	Level 3+4	Tested
2026	6	ELA	459	75.5%	196
2026	6	Math	470	77.6%	196
2026	7	ELA	467	81.2%	186
2026	7	Math	480	85.6%	181
2026	8	ELA	470	84.7%	111
2025	6	ELA	465	83.2%	190
2025	6	Math	477	84%	187
2025	7	ELA	464	80.3%	132
2025	7	Math	481	80.5%	128
2025	8	ELA	467	80.4%	92
2025	8	Math	414	0%	6
2025	8	Science	431	0%	6
2024	6	ELA	461	77.3%	128
2024	6	Math	482	90.2%	123
2024	7	ELA	470	89.8%	88
2024	7	Math	485	87.8%	90
2024	8	ELA	473	87.3%	110
2023	6	ELA	463	81.4%	97
2023	6	Math	481	85.9%	92
2023	7	ELA	473	86.6%	112
2023	7	Math	481	87.4%	111
2023	8	ELA	468	83.8%	105
2022	6	ELA	616	82.2%	118
2022	6	Math	615	72.2%	115
2022	7	ELA	618	83.9%	112
2022	7	Math	611	61.8%	110
2022	8	ELA	619	85.7%	77
2019	6	ELA	617	80.2%	126
2019	6	Math	612	74.2%	128
2019	7	ELA	612	65.9%	123
2019	7	Math	609	60.3%	126
2019	8	ELA	612	79.2%	72
2019	8	Math	590	0%	7
2018	6	ELA	610	72.9%	129
2018	6	Math	607	64.3%	129
2018	7	ELA	614	71.7%	92
2018	7	Math	613	72.5%	91
2018	8	ELA	617	80.2%	106

Specialized high school offers

Share of 8th graders in high-school admissions who received an offer to a testing specialized high school. A cell of 0-5 is DOE's suppression for a small count, so that year has no percent.

Year	In HS admissions	Took SHSAT	Offers	Offer rate
2025	101	58	18	17.8%
2024	133	67	31	23.3%
2023	120	60	16	13.3%
2022	93	46	13	14%

School budget (Galaxy)

Allocated school budget from DOE Galaxy. Fair Student Funding is the main flexible allocation. This is the budget, not dollars already spent. Per student uses the latest enrollment, which can be a different year than the fiscal year. Figures as of 2026-10-23.

Fiscal year	Total budget	Fair Student Funding	Per student
FY 2027	$7,788,108	$5,491,612	$14,290
FY 2026	$1,771,308	not reported	$3,250

FY 2027 line items

Allocation	Amount
TL Fair Student Funding	$5,491,612
Class Size Reduction Planning	$1,135,551
C4E Class Size Reduction Planning	$492,846
TL RS IEP Para	$262,333
IDEA RS IEP Para	$99,726
TL 09 C4E ICT	$85,298
TL Parent Coordinator	$55,076
Contract for Excellence FY 09	$50,706
Contract for Excellence FY 2024	$27,384
TL C4E FSF	$22,028
TL CB School Staff	$20,665
TL ELA/Math Student Support	$14,824
TL Computer Maintenance	$11,752
Title I STH for Non Title I Schools	$3,936
TL NYC Solves Support	$3,723
TL NYSTL Library Books	$3,423
Title III Translation Services	$3,353
TL NYSTL Software	$2,057
TL City Council Member Items	$1,000
TL Parent Coordinator OTPS	$500
High Need Support for Title I STH	$315

PTA funding (LL171)

$93.71/student (PTA & enrollment SY2024-25)

PTA/PA fundraising per enrolled student - higher generally means a more active parent fundraising community, not a DOE quality signal.

School year	Beginning balance	Total income	Total expenses	Ending balance
2024-25	$8,958	$41,232	$34,425	$6,807

Sources & methodology

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