Bedford-North Lawrence High School

Bedford-North Lawrence High School is a high-enrollment high school in Indiana, with an address in Bedford. It educates 1,268 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Indiana is about 816 students.

The district, North Lawrence Com Schools, operates 7 schools serving 3,568 students.

White students are the large majority at Bedford-North Lawrence High School, with 92% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 94% White, within a few points of the school. Bedford-North Lawrence High School has a diversity index of 15%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Federal data list 73.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bedford-North Lawrence High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 17.3:1. The average ratio among high schools in Indiana is 16.6:1, lower than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 54%.

Lawrence County has about 45,102 residents, and median household income is about $66,468, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Lawrence County number 15 and enroll about 5,502.

The shortest distance from Bedford-North Lawrence High School to another public school is about 2.5 miles, to Lincoln Elementary School. The five-mile area around Bedford-North Lawrence High School holds 5 other public schools.

For locale, NCES codes Bedford-North Lawrence High School as Rural: Fringe.

The 2024-25 enrollment of 1,268 was 14% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 1,472. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 7.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.3:1.

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