Regular local school district · Bedford County
Bedford Area SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Bedford Area SD runs 3 public schools with 1,686 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 14.5 students per teacher is 1.0 higher than the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,686
- Teachers (FTE)
- 116
- Students per teacher
- 14.5
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 330 E John St, Bedford, PA 15522
- Phone
- (814)623-4290
- County
- Bedford County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4203180
- State district ID
- PA-108051003
- Total staff (FTE)
- 207
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 422 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.5
Pennsylvania13.5
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 (1,705), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $32.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.6 million
- State revenue
- $14.7 million
- Local revenue
- $15.4 million
- Total spending
- $31.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,642
- Salaries
- $11.9 million37.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $16.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.8%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 47.1%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,642
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Bedford Area SD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bedford El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 764 | 16.6 |
| Bedford Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 414 | 14.3 |
| Bedford SHS | High | 9 to 12 | 495 | 12.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Bedford County
- Chestnut Ridge SD 1,200 students
- Everett Area SD 1,126 students
- Tussey Mountain SD 925 students
- Northern Bedford County SD 860 students
- HOPE for Hyndman CS 121 students
- Bedford County Technical Center 2 students
More in Pennsylvania
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.