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Enrollment
414
Middle
DISTRICT 558 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEDFORD AREA SD·NCES 420318007021
Bedford Middle School
440 E Watson St, Bedford, PA 15522 · (814) 623-4200 · Bedford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
187 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 130 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 138 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 146 | 35% |
Student demographics
14%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
Bedford Middle School→Bedford SHS
Feeds from
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
59.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.1% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 37.5% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Middle School
Bedford Middle School's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Middle School this school | 414 | 45.2% | 50.5% |
| Pine Grove Area Middle School Pine Grove | 411 | 47.0% | 38.0% |
| Deer Lakes Middle School Cheswick | 383 | 45.4% | 50.7% |
| Charles A Huston Middle School Lower Burrell | 399 | 42.6% | 35.3% |
| Grove City Area Middle School Grove City | 442 | 42.1% | 53.0% |
| Huntingdon Area Middle School Huntingdon | 419 | 49.9% | 44.3% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #205 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #192 of 513 ▲ 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #157 of 513 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #359 of 522 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #346 of 486 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.8% | #438 of 486 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.2% | #301 of 510 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #267 of 332 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
414
+28 (+7%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 414 | 29.3 | 14.1:1 | 45% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 29.6 | 13.6:1 | 46% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 29.6 | 13.6:1 | 43% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 29 | 13.3:1 | 45% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 31.1 | 13.9:1 | 45% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 28 | 15.7:1 | 48% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 28 | 15.9:1 | 39% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 468 | 26 | 18.0:1 | 34% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 481 | 32 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bedford Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (433 to 414); teachers down 6% (31.1 to 29.3).
About Bedford Middle School
Bedford Middle School is a small middle school. Its address is in Bedford, Pennsylvania. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 414 students enrolled. That is 30% below the average of about 594 students for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Bedford Area SD (3 schools, 1,673 students) runs Bedford Middle School.
By race and ethnicity, Bedford Middle School is 93% White. Other groups include 4% multiracial. In Bedford County overall, the White share is about 96%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 14%.
Bedford Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1, with 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Pennsylvania average 13.2:1. The school has 45% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Bedford County report 65%.
Among Pennsylvania public middle schools, Bedford Middle School outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Bedford Middle School is 7.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
In Bedford County, the median household earns about $59,992 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Bedford County, 18 public schools serve about 5,951 students.
Bedford SHS is about 0.2 miles from Bedford Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Bedford Middle School is 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 414, compared with 386 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 764 students
- Bedford SHSHigh · 495 students
Other schools in Bedford
- Bedford Elementary SchoolElementary · 764 students
- Bedford SHSHigh · 495 students
Other Bedford Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bedford Middle. Bedford Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Bedford Middle SchoolWestport, CT · 710 students
- Bedford Middle SchoolBedford, IN · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Bedford SHS0.2 mi · 495
- Bedford Elementary School1.4 mi · 764
- Bedford County Technical Center3.3 mi · 2
- Everett Area Middle School6.9 mi · 358
- Everett Area High School7.0 mi · 393
- Everett Area Elementary School7.3 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About Bedford Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bedford Middle School?
Bedford Middle School enrolls approximately 414 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Bedford Middle School serve?
Bedford Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bedford Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bedford Middle School is approximately 14.1:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bedford Middle School?
Bedford Middle School reports a student body of 93% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Bedford Middle School public or private?
Bedford Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bedford Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.