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Enrollment
764
Elementary
DISTRICT 558 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEDFORD AREA SD·NCES 420318000347
Bedford Elementary School
3639 Business Route 220, Bedford, PA 15522 · (814) 623-4221 · Bedford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL764 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
406 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (126) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 59% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Bedford Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
36.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.1pp since 2023
Math
42.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.6% | 42.7% |
| 2023-24 | 50.7% | 40.9% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 Elementary School
Bedford Elementary School's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Elementary School this school | 764 | 53.1% | 46.0% |
| Waynesburg Central Elementary School Waynesburg | 761 | 57.4% | 49.1% |
| Latrobe Elementary School Latrobe | 627 | 53.1% | 61.3% |
| Susquenita Elementary School Duncannon | 646 | 54.0% | 44.4% |
| Riverside Elementary School Ellwood City | 667 | 46.3% | 61.6% |
| Tyrone Area Elementary School Tyrone | 682 | 60.6% | 52.9% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bedford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #961 of 1,396 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #953 of 1,511 ▼ 5 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #1,087 of 1,511 ▼ 185 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 764 | #89 of 1,638 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,429 of 1,528 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.3% | #1,398 of 1,531 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #940 of 1,600 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #323 of 450 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
764
+21 (+3%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 841
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 764 | 46.4 | 16.5:1 | 53% (406) |
| 2023-24 | 750 | 47.1 | 15.9:1 | 54% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 766 | 47.1 | 16.3:1 | 51% (390) |
| 2020-21 | 743 | 48 | 15.5:1 | 46% (345) |
| 2017-18 | 733 | 49 | 15.0:1 | 43% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 729 | 48 | 15.2:1 | 50% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 792 | 52 | 15.2:1 | 43% (340) |
| 2000-01 | 841 | 50 | 16.8:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bedford Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (733 to 764); teachers down 5% (49 to 46.4).
About Bedford Elementary School
Bedford Elementary School runs as a high-enrollment elementary school in Bedford, Pennsylvania. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 764 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 443 students on average.
District-wide, Bedford Area SD has 3 schools and 1,673 students.
Bedford Elementary School is 94% White by enrollment. Next come 2% Hispanic. That is in line with Bedford County, where about 96% of residents are White. The diversity index for Bedford Elementary School is 11%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Bedford Elementary School has 46.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.5:1. The school's 16.5:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 53%. That is lower than the 65% average for public schools in Bedford County.
On the allk12 Grade, Bedford Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 26% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Bedford Elementary School is 54.8%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 46.0%.
The school's county is Bedford County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $59,992, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 18 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,951, Bedford Elementary School among them.
Bedford SHS is about 1.2 miles from Bedford Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Bedford Elementary School holds 3 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 52.0% proficiency; Bedford Elementary School posts 46.0%.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% rise, from 743 to 764.
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Bedford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,513
Census ACS
Median income
$59,992
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
5,951 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bedford Area SD
- Bedford SHSHigh · 495 students
- Bedford Middle SchoolMiddle · 414 students
Other schools in Bedford
- Bedford SHSHigh · 495 students
- Bedford Middle SchoolMiddle · 414 students
Other Bedford Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Bedford Elementary. Bedford Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Bedford ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 586 students
- Bedford ElementaryBedford, VA · 448 students
- Bedford Elementary SchoolBedford, KY · 421 students
- Bedford Elementary SchoolBedford, IA · 269 students
Nearby schools
- Bedford SHS1.2 mi · 495
- Bedford Middle School1.4 mi · 414
- Bedford County Technical Center3.8 mi · 2
- Everett Area Middle School7.5 mi · 358
- Everett Area High School7.6 mi · 393
- Everett Area Elementary School8.1 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About Bedford Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bedford Elementary School?
Bedford Elementary School enrolls approximately 764 students in grades KG-05.
Is Bedford Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bedford Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Bedford Elementary School have?
Bedford Elementary School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bedford Elementary School?
At Bedford Elementary School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Bedford Elementary School?
Bedford Elementary School is overseen by Bedford Area SD in Bedford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.