Regular local school district ยท Bedford County
Bedford County Public Schools, TN: schools, enrollment and spending
Bedford County Public Schools runs 15 public schools with 9,042 students in grades PK to 12.Listed in NCES data as "Bedford County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 9,042
- Address
- 500 Madison ST, Shelbyville, TN 37160
- Phone
- (931)684-3284
- County
- Bedford County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4700180
- State district ID
- TN-00020
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 (8,643), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $85.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $14.2 million
- State revenue
- $55.0 million
- Local revenue
- $15.9 million
- Total spending
- $83.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $9,667
- Salaries
- $46.5 million55.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $52.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.7%
- State: 64.7%
- Local: 18.7%
Tennessee overall
- Federal: 14.3%
- State: 44.2%
- Local: 41.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$9,667
Tennessee$11,798
United States$16,826
Schools in Bedford County Public Schools
By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 9 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cartwright Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 602 | |
| Cascade ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 621 | |
| Cascade High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 539 | |
| Cascade Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 360 | |
| Community Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 650 | |
| Community High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 545 | |
| Community Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 365 | |
| Eakin ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 399 | |
| East Side ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 323 | |
| Harris Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 977 | |
| Learning Way ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 638 | |
| Liberty ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 631 | |
| Shelbyville Central High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,604 | |
| South Side ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 352 | |
| Thomas Magnet SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 436 |
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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.