Bell Elementary School

1409 East Hankerson Street

School District

Tyler Independent
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:14
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on October 08, 2024

Henry M Bell is an amazing school with great staff and administrators. The school has a family like culture that embraces all the needs of the demographics while also ensuring the growth of students. My children and I love being Bell Bears.
Submitted by other on July 24, 2023

From my perspective this school could do better. Without going into detail my experience has been a nightmare and I plan on having them taken out of this school soon as I'm able to. There are reason's why I'm having to finish out this new school year here but I most defiantly plan on leaving. I already have plans lined up. This school has disappointed me time and time again and has failed my child time and time again. Send your kids here at your own risk. I will say not all the teachers are bad but the majority don't seem to care about the students progress and when you turn to counselors, principles and such they seem to be in the woods about everything. Also there has been zero action taken on the bullying situation the bullying at this school with students bullying one another is some next level stuff just crazy. Also this school didn't have a crossing guard till AFTER I threw a fit about it so your welcome.
Submitted by other on May 12, 2016

We have loved our year at Bell. My boys have grown so much since attending there. The teachers and staff are awesome!
Submitted by parent on October 11, 2010

The class sizes are very large. Teachers are nice and some so a great job of giving personal attention to those who need it. However, I don't think they are keeping their magnet standards. (They are trying to remedy that.) I never felt they were challenging enough for a bright student. I just found that my kids were coming home bored with school and not wanting to go so often that made me think we needed to find a better school. PTA has been on a down slope since 2006. There is no strong PTA or parent involvement.