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What's one thing Bedford High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,360
High
DISTRICT 662 · STATE 496
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEDFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330174000680
Bedford High School
47B Nashua Rd., Bedford, NH 03110 · (603) 310-9000 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 09–13HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,360 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of New Hampshire public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Hampshire public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
101 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
73 students
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 26%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 335 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 349 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 328 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 346 | 25% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 33% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bedford School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
86.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
53.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Hampshire schools, those numbers are about 55 and 43.
Source: NHSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Hampshire's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bedford High School
Bedford High School's state test result (62.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford High School this school | 1,360 | 5.4% | 62.7% |
| Windham High School Windham | 945 | 2.6% | 69.3% |
| Hanover High School Hanover | 674 | 5.5% | 79.0% |
| Portsmouth High School Portsmouth | 1,017 | 11.0% | 64.3% |
| Oyster River High School Durham | 825 | 7.4% | 65.3% |
| Hollis-Brookline High School Hollis | 745 | 2.3% | 66.3% |
Matched among New Hampshire high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bedford High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #6 of 78 | #2 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #6 of 74 | #3 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #2 of 78 | #2 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,360 | #6 of 103 | #3 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #57 of 68 | #15 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.4% | #10 of 68 | #8 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.4% | #75 of 80 | #20 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #35 of 60 | #12 of 19 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,360
-120 (-8%) vs 2020
+7% since 2010-11, when it was 1,276
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,360 | 100.8 | 13.5:1 | 5% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 1,398 | 101.8 | 13.7:1 | 5% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 1,391 | 106.2 | 13.1:1 | 5% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 1,480 | 103 | 14.4:1 | 2% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 1,491 | 99.8 | 14.9:1 | 4% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 1,477 | 103 | 14.3:1 | 6% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 1,276 | 92 | 13.9:1 | 4% (56) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bedford High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,491 to 1,360); teachers up 1% (99.8 to 100.8).
About Bedford High School
Among the schools in Bedford, New Hampshire, is Bedford High School, a high-enrollment high school. It is open to students in grades 9 through 13 and enrolls 1,360 students. It has 174% more students than the average for high schools in New Hampshire (about 496).
Bedford School District has a total of 6 schools and 3,970 students, Bedford High School among them.
More than half of enrollment at Bedford High School is White: 78%. Other groups make up 9% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. In Hillsborough County overall, the White share is about 82%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bedford High School scores 37%.
The school lists 100.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. Compared with the 11.2:1 average for high schools in New Hampshire, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 5% of the student body. Compared with the 26% average for public schools in Hillsborough County, the school's rate is lower.
Bedford High School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 92% of New Hampshire public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Bedford High School would score about 60.1%. It scores 62.7%, 2.6 points above that figure.
Hillsborough County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $103,545 a year, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Bedford High School shares Hillsborough County with 126 other public schools.
Ross A. Lurgio Middle School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Bedford High School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Bedford High School is 5th among 8 schools close by.
Federal data place Bedford High School in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
An 8% decline took enrollment from 1,480 in 2020-21 to 1,360 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Bedford High School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,378
Census ACS
Median income
$103,545
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
127
53,974 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bedford School District
- Ross A. Lurgio Middle SchoolMiddle · 646 students
- McKelvie Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 619 students
- Riddle Brook SchoolElementary · 478 students
- Memorial SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Peter Woodbury SchoolElementary · 428 students
Other schools in Bedford
- Ross A. Lurgio Middle SchoolMiddle · 646 students
- McKelvie Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 619 students
- Riddle Brook SchoolElementary · 478 students
- Memorial SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Peter Woodbury SchoolElementary · 428 students
Other Bedford High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Bedford High. Bedford High School is the largest of the 4.
- Bedford HighBedford, MA · 868 students
- Bedford High SchoolBedford, OH · 836 students
- Bedford High SchoolBedford, IA · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Ross A. Lurgio Middle School0.0 mi · 646
- McKelvie Intermediate School0.8 mi · 619
- Peter Woodbury School1.9 mi · 428
- Memorial School2.1 mi · 439
- Riddle Brook School2.4 mi · 478
- Parker-Varney School3.1 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About Bedford High SchoolHow large is Bedford High School?
Bedford High School enrolls approximately 1,360 students in grades 09-13.
What age range does Bedford High School serve?
Bedford High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 13.
How many students per teacher at Bedford High School?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Bedford High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bedford High School?
At Bedford High School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Bedford High School?
Bedford High School is overseen by Bedford School District in Hillsborough County.
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