Columbus Intermediate School

As a moderately sized elementary school in Bedford, Ohio, Columbus Intermediate School instructs 378 students from grades 3 through 5, one of the schools within Bedford City.

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

On the student-mix side, Columbus Intermediate School records that 75% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder comes out to 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% White. By comparison, Cuyahoga County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Columbus Intermediate School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Columbus Intermediate School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, census data for Cuyahoga County shows median household earnings sit near $64,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Cuyahoga County's 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), Columbus Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bedford High School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Columbus Intermediate School has showed little movement, going from 384 students in 2018 to 378 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 81% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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