Regular local school district · Lawrence County
North Lawrence Com Schools, IN: schools, enrollment and spending
North Lawrence Com Schools runs 9 public schools with 3,568 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.8 students per teacher is 2.7 lower than the Indiana figure of 15.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 3,568
- Teachers (FTE)
- 278
- Students per teacher
- 12.8
- IN: 15.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 460 W Street, Bedford, IN 47421
- Phone
- (812)279-3521
- County
- Lawrence County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1807860
- State district ID
- IN-5075
- Total staff (FTE)
- 496
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 396 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.8
Indiana15.5
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,340), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $54.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.3 million
- State revenue
- $31.8 million
- Local revenue
- $17.6 million
- Total spending
- $55.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,775
- Salaries
- $28.7 million51.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $25.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.7%
- State: 58.1%
- Local: 32.2%
Indiana overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 55.5%
- Local: 35.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,775
Indiana$12,675
United States$16,826
Schools in North Lawrence Com Schools
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bedford Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 518 | 16.2 |
| Bedford-North Lawrence High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,268 | 17.4 |
| Dollens Elementary | Elementary | K to 8 | 217 | 10.8 |
| Lincoln Elementary School | Elementary | K to 6 | 307 | 15.3 |
| Needmore Elementary School | Elementary | K to 6 | 223 | 13.1 |
| North Lawrence Career Center | High | 6 to 12 | 0 | |
| Parkview Elementary School | Elementary | K to 6 | 528 | 12.3 |
| Playful Pathways | Prekindergarten | PK | 0 | |
| Shawswick Elementary School | Elementary | K to 6 | 507 | 15.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lawrence County
- Mitchell Community Schools 1,476 students
- Springville Community Academy 253 students
- Lawrence County Independent Schools 205 students
More in Indiana
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.