The top reported proficiency rate is 63% in Science. The lowest is 38% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Bellevue Mission Middle School
Bellevue Mission Middle School is a regular public school serving seventh and eighth graders in the Bellevue Public Schools district. The school is located in Bellevue, a suburban city in Sarpy County that is part of the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area. The city’s character and economy have been shaped significantly by the presence of Offutt Air Force Base, which houses the U.S. Strategic Command headquarters and has attracted both civilian and military workers. More recently, civilian-sector growth along the Kennedy Freeway has spurred commercial, industrial, and residential construction. Bellevue’s population has seen a minimal decline in recent years, but the area remains a mix of residential neighborhoods and commercial corridors. Fontenelle Forest and Haworth Park provide recreational access, and Metro Transit offers limited bus service to downtown Omaha on weekdays.
The school enrolls a student body that is majority white, with a substantial Hispanic population and smaller shares of Black, two-or-more-races, and Asian students. Nearly half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on the share of students receiving special education services or classified as English learners was not available in the source material, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about the supports offered to these groups.
State testing data from the most recent school year shows that in mathematics, just over a third of seventh graders and a similar share of eighth graders met proficiency standards. In English language arts, the proficiency rate was around forty percent for both grades. Science performance among eighth graders was notably stronger, with approximately three in five students reaching proficiency. A multi-year trend for all subjects shows that proficiency rates in both English language arts and math were lower in the most recent year compared to several years prior, while science rates held relatively steady. When compared to other schools in Sarpy County, Bellevue Mission Middle School’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades sits in the bottom quartile. This is a meaningful signal for a family weighing academic expectations.
Because the school serves only seventh and eighth grades, there is no graduation rate to report. The school does not appear to be a charter or magnet school. Data on discipline rates, chronic absenteeism, staffing ratios, and course access were not provided in the source material, so these are areas where a family may want to follow up directly.
The district itself, Bellevue Public Schools, did not produce any confirmed recent changes such as bond measures, levy adjustments, or curriculum overhauls in publicly available information for the timeframe searched. That does not mean the district is static, only that no parent-relevant shifts were found.
For a family considering Bellevue Mission Middle School, the picture is one of a mid-sized middle school in a suburban community shaped by military and civilian-sector employment. The academic proficiency numbers are below the county average, particularly in math and English language arts, while science performance is a relative strength. A prospective parent would be wise to ask about what academic interventions or enrichment are available, how the school supports students who are below grade level, and what the day-to-day learning environment is like.
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