L. D. Bell High School
| L. D. Bell High School | |
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1601 Brown Trail Hurst, Texas, Tarrant County 76054 United States |
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| Type | Co-Educational, Public, Secondary |
| Motto | We do not imitate, but are a model for others. |
| Established | 1957 |
| School district | Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District |
| NCES School ID | 482406002663 |
| Principal | Jim Bannister |
| Staff | 152.8 (2014-15) |
| Faculty | 143.4 (2014-15) |
| Grades | 10-12 |
| Enrollment | 2,143 (2014-15) |
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| School color(s) | Blue, Silver, & White |
| Mascot | Blue Raider |
| Rival | Trinity High School |
| Newspaper | Blueprint |
| Website | sc |
Lawrence Dale Bell High School (generally known as L.D. Bell High School and also known as Hurst Bell) is an American high school located in the cities of Hurst and Bedford, Texas and part of the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District. The school is named for Lawrence Dale Bell, the founder of nearby Bell Helicopter Textron, and was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School for 1994-96.
L. D. Bell's marching band won the Bands of America Grand National Championship in 2007. The men's and women's gymnastics teams have won a combined total of 36 state championships since 1967.
L.D. Bell High School opened in 1957 at a campus on Pipeline Road. Lawrence Dale Bell High School was relocated to the current campus on Brown Trail Drive in 1965, at a site donated to the school district by Lawrence D. "Larry" Bell, Founder and President of Bell Helicopter Textron in Hurst. The new location was able to accommodate a growing student population resulting from the rapid suburban growth in Hurst, Euless, Bedford, and Colleyville. The former high school grounds now house Central Junior High, the H-E-B Athletic Complex, KEYS (Keeping Eligible Youth in School) High School, and the Forrest E. Watson (F.E.W.) Center.
Preceding Jim Bannister as principal was Jim Short. Both of these men were preceded by the state legislature-commended E. Don Brown, a former president of both the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals (TASSP).
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