Total enrollment
12,505
-121 (-1%) vs SY 2017-18
25 schools in New Bedford
Massachusetts · 12,505 students · 1 city
New Bedford in Massachusetts runs 25 public K-12 schools today, teaching roughly 12,505 students (an average of 500 per campus).
7-year change in New Bedford
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
24
-1 (-4%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
32%
was 41%
% Hispanic
46%
was 39%
% Black
15%
was 12%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
About New Bedford
New Bedford is an average-sized Massachusetts school district running 25 campuses with combined enrollment near 12,505.
For a sense of the school types, New Bedford is built around 18 elementary, 3 middle, 3 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Five-year track record. Total public-school enrollment in New Bedford has held roughly steady since SY 2017-18, moving from about 12,626 students to 12,505. The school count fell from 25 to 24 across the same 7-year window. The White share of public-school enrollment decreased from 41% to 32%.
In the discussion threads here, the community for New Bedford discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Discussions cut across districts, schools, and grade levels.