NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools IN

Best-Resourced Schools in Bedford, IN

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

7 public K-12 schools in Bedford from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools

3,556

Students

38.6/100

Avg Resource Index

15:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Bedford has more public-school enrollment than 37% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Bedford-North Lawrence High School enrolls 35.7% of Bedford's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

4 of Bedford's 7 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 36-point gap between Needmore Elementary School and Lawrence County Independent Schools shows the range hidden by Bedford's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment: Top 63%
School count: Top 65%
Resource Index average: 39th percentile
Teacher staffing: 54th percentile

Bedford-North Lawrence High School accounts for 35.7% of all Bedford public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Bedford-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Bedford school enrollment varies 6.2× across entities

Bedford school enrollment ranges from 205 students (lowest) to 1,268 students (highest), a spread of 1,063 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Bedford student-teacher ratio is 15.0:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Bedford is typically wider than the Bedford-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

1 of Bedford's 7 listed schools are charters

14% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Needmore Elementary School	57	223	elementary	North Lawrence Com Schools
2.	Lincoln Elementary School	44	307	elementary	North Lawrence Com Schools
3.	Parkview Elementary School	43	528	Combined	North Lawrence Com Schools
4.	Shawswick Elementary School	40	507	elementary	North Lawrence Com Schools
5.	Bedford-North Lawrence High School	34	1,268	high	North Lawrence Com Schools
6.	Bedford Middle School	31	518	middle	North Lawrence Com Schools
7.	Lawrence County Independent Schools	21	205	elementary	Lawrence County Independent Schools

What do families ask about schools in Bedford?

Which Bedford school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Needmore Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Bedford schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Bedford, IN? ▼

Bedford has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,556 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.