Bedford Junior High School

Bedford Junior High School, a high-enrollment intermediate school in TEMPERANCE, Michigan, part of Bedford Public Schools, works with 923 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 84% above the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Bedford Junior High School is one of 5 schools operated by Bedford Public Schools, a district that serves 3,911 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bedford Junior High School records that nearly all students (89%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Monroe County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Bedford Junior High School shows 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Bedford Junior High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bedford Junior High School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 55.6%; Bedford Junior High School posts 41.5%, -14.0 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,335, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bedford Junior High School is one of 52 public schools in Monroe County (combined enrollment of about 20,286 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bedford Senior High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bedford Junior High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.2%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bedford Junior High School has fell 8%, going from 1,004 students in 2018 to 923 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.