Bedington Elementary School

Bedington Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Berkeley County Schools, located in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The school enrolls 216 students, from pre-K through 2. An average school in this group (elementary schools in West Virginia) has about 283 students.

Enrollment across the 32 schools in Berkeley County Schools totals 20,006 students.

At 77%, White students outnumber all other groups at Bedington Elementary School combined. The school is also 9% multiracial, 8% Black, and 6% Hispanic. That is close to the 81% White share among all Berkeley County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Bedington Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 38%.

Its 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.9:1. That ratio is under the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in West Virginia.

In the county around the school, Berkeley County, median household income is about $80,815, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. A total of 33 public schools operate in Berkeley County, serving about 20,006 students.

The closest public school to Bedington Elementary School is Potomack Intermediate School, about 1.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

Locale: Suburb: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

The number of students grew from 180 to 216 over 4 years. The school's ratio fell from 15.0:1 to 11.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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