Regular local school district · Grayson County
Bells ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Bells ISD runs 3 public schools with 1,007 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.3 students per teacher is 2.8 lower than the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "BELLS ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,007
- Teachers (FTE)
- 82
- Students per teacher
- 12.3
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1550 Ole Ambrose Rd, Bells, TX 75414
- Phone
- (903)965-3600
- County
- Grayson County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4809780
- State district ID
- TX-091901
- Total staff (FTE)
- 139
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 504 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.3
Texas15.1
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (868), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $12.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $767,000
- State revenue
- $7.2 million
- Local revenue
- $4.7 million
- Total spending
- $11.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,653
- Salaries
- $6.5 million59.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $15.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.1%
- State: 56.8%
- Local: 37.2%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,653
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Bells ISD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bells Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 458 | 13.9 |
| Bells High School | High | 9 to 12 | 318 | 10.6 |
| Pritchard J H | Middle | 6 to 8 | 231 | 12.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Grayson County
- Sherman ISD 7,788 students
- Denison ISD 4,977 students
- Van Alstyne ISD 2,612 students
- Whitesboro ISD 1,802 students
- Pottsboro ISD 1,453 students
- Howe ISD 1,265 students
- Gunter ISD 1,156 students
- S and S CISD 944 students
- Whitewright ISD 801 students
- Tom Bean ISD 741 students
- Tioga ISD 664 students
- Collinsville ISD 600 students
More in Texas
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.