📍 807 College St, Bedford, Bedford County, 24523
Bedford Primary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bedford, Bedford County. The school has 293 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Bedford County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–1 in a small-town setting. The school employs 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Bedford Primary enrolls 293 students across grades Pre-K–1. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% White, 15% Black or African American and 13% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 199 | 68% |
| Black or African American | 45 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 38 | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 3.4% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
293 of the school's 293 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 293 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bedford Primary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 23, state house district 19.
Bedford Primary is one of 22 schools in Bedford County Public Schools, based in Bedford, Virginia. The district serves 8,930 students district-wide and employs 678 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 293 students, Bedford Primary is smaller than the district average of about 406 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant