Regular local school district · Bedford County
Bedford County Public Schools, VA: schools, enrollment and spending
Bedford County Public Schools runs 22 public schools with 8,930 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.0 students per teacher is about the same as the Virginia figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 22
- Students
- 8,930
- Teachers (FTE)
- 636
- Students per teacher
- 14.0
- VA: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 310 S. Bridge St, Bedford, VA 24523
- Phone
- (540)586-1045
- County
- Bedford County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5100360
- State district ID
- VA-010
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,507
- School counselors (FTE)
- 32.0About 279 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 37.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.0
Virginia14.0
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 (9,173), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $113.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.6 million
- State revenue
- $63.9 million
- Local revenue
- $39.9 million
- Total spending
- $117.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,808
- Salaries
- $65.3 million55.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $79.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.5%
- State: 56.3%
- Local: 35.2%
Virginia overall
- Federal: 9.0%
- State: 40.3%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,808
Virginia$15,293
United States$16,826
Schools in Bedford County Public Schools
By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 13 elementary, 3 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bedford County Alternative Education CenterCEP school | ||||
| Bedford ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 2 to 5 | 448 | 14.5 |
| Bedford PrimaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 1 | 266 | 14.0 |
| Big Island ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 182 | 15.2 |
| Boonsboro Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 309 | 16.3 |
| Forest Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 384 | 18.3 |
| Forest Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 854 | 14.0 |
| Goodview ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 504 | 14.8 |
| Governor's Health Sciences Academy | ||||
| Huddleston ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 221 | 13.8 |
| Jefferson Forest High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,282 | 17.3 |
| Liberty HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 708 | 13.1 |
| Liberty MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 518 | 12.9 |
| Moneta ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 218 | 13.6 |
| Montvale ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 252 | 15.8 |
| New London Academy Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 330 | 15.0 |
| Otter River Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 167 | 13.9 |
| Staunton River HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 816 | 14.3 |
| Staunton River MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 612 | 14.6 |
| Stewartsville ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 292 | 13.9 |
| Susie G. Gibson Science and Technology Center | ||||
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 567 | 16.2 |
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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.