Bedford El Sch

As a roomy K-5 school in Bedford, Pennsylvania, Bedford El Sch hosts 764 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Bedford Area SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Bedford El Sch sits 72% above that benchmark.

Bedford El Sch is one of 3 schools operated by Bedford Area SD, a district that teaches 1,673 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Bedford El Sch reports that nearly all students (94%) are White. Other groups include 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Bedford El Sch reports 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Bedford El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Bedford County's rate of about 65%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bedford El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.8%, the actual is 46.0%, a residual of -8.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Bedford County indicate median household earnings sit near $59,992, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bedford County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,951 students), Bedford El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bedford SHS, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Bedford El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bedford El Sch at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 52.0%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 733 students in 2018 compared to 764 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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