Academics
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L.D. Bell High School is ranked 303rd in the nation (and 4th within Tarrant County) on Newsweek's 2007 list of the top 1,200 high schools in the country. The rankings are based on the number of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests taken by graduating seniors — L.D. Bell had 2.595 tests taken per Class of 2007 graduate. 2007 is the first year that L.D. Bell has been included in the list. Among Tarrant County high schools, Bell High School ranks eleventh (of forty-six) in average points above passing on the 11th grade TAKS test.
The district has offered the IB Diploma Programme and Pre-IB preparatory classes at L. D. Bell since fall 2002, graduating the first class of IB students in spring 2004. L.D. Bell students may take specialized or vocational courses at other school district facilities, such as broadcast journalism classes at the F.E.W. Center (near Central Junior High) or automotive repair and service, culinary arts, computer aided drafting, and cosmetology classes at the Technical Education Center (near the district administrative buildings and Pennington Field on Central Dr.). |
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