Bedford Middle School

Bedford Middle School is a middle school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Westport, Connecticut, operated by Westport School District, enrolling 710 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 36% larger than the state mean of about 521.

Westport School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,161 students; Bedford Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bedford Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 7% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

In terms of school funding signals, Bedford Middle School lists 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.3:1, putting Bedford Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 4% of students at Bedford Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Western Connecticut Planning Region (around 33%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Western Connecticut Planning Region) logs that the typical household earns roughly $128,188 per year, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Bedford Middle School is one of 149 public schools in Western Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students).

Staples High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bedford Middle School.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 17%: 854 students in 2018 compared to 710 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 76% across the same window.

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