Central Primary School

Central Primary School is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in Bedford, Ohio, one of the schools within Bedford City, enrolling 406 students in grades pre-K through 2.

Within Bedford City, which oversees 7 schools and 2,887 students, Central Primary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Central Primary School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 73% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

Around the school, Cuyahoga County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Cuyahoga County runs 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), of which Central Primary School is one.

Bedford High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Central Primary School.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Central Primary School has shrank 8%, going from 439 students in 2018 to 406 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 84% to 73% across the same window.

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