Bedford MS

As a modestly sized junior high in Bedford, Pennsylvania, Bedford MS serves 414 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Bedford Area SD. Enrollment runs roughly 30% smaller than the state mean of about 594.

Bedford Area SD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,673 students; Bedford MS is among them.

Looking at the student body, Bedford MS records that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Bedford County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 45% of students at Bedford MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bedford County (around 65%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bedford MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.2%, the actual is 50.5%, a residual of -7.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Bedford County put 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. In all, Bedford County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,951 students), of which Bedford MS is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bedford SHS, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bedford MS comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 433 students in 2018 compared to 414 in 2025.

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