Bedford Middle School

Bedford Middle School is one of the middle-of-the-pack middle schools in Bedford, Indiana, part of North Lawrence Com Schools, with 518 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8.

Within North Lawrence Com Schools, which oversees 7 schools and 3,568 students, Bedford Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bedford Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school reports 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Bedford Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.7%; this one delivers 31.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lawrence County indicate median household income runs about $66,468, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Bedford Middle School is one of 15 public schools in Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 5,502 students).

Nearest neighbor: Parkview Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Bedford Middle School. On composite proficiency, Bedford Middle School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.0%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Bedford Middle School's enrollment has shrank 15% since 2018, when it stood at 606 (now 518).

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