For the 2026 school year, there are 16 public elementary schools serving 6,124 students in Bedford County School District. This district's average elementary testing ranking is 8/10, which is in the top 30% of public elementary schools in Virginia.
Public Elementary Schools in Bedford County School District have an average math proficiency score of 70% (versus the Virginia public elementary school average of 67%), and reading proficiency score of 73% (versus the 67% statewide average).
Minority enrollment is 23% of the student body (majority Black and Hispanic), which is less than the Virginia public elementary school average of 56% (majority Black and Hispanic).
Overview
This School District
This State (VA)
# Schools
22 Schools
1,496 Schools
# Students
8,930 Students
832,015 Students
# Teachers
632 Teachers
59,975 Teachers
Student-Teacher Ratio
15:1
15:1
Student By Grade
District Rank
Bedford County School District, which is ranked within the top 30% of all 131 school districts in Virginia (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2022-2023 school year.
The school district's graduation rate of 77% has decreased from 89% over five school years.
Overall District Rank
#36 out of 132 school districts
(Top 30%)
(Top 30%)
Math Test Scores (% Proficient)
70%
68%
Reading/Language Arts Test Scores (% Proficient)
(20-21)73%
69%
Science Test Scores (% Proficient)
(20-21)58%
59%
Graduation Rate
77%
89%
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined method DistrictOverViewTableView::getSchoolYearString() in /home/devsharan/workspace/psr/public_html/include/srn_lib/psr/view/DistrictOverViewTableView.inc.php:814 Stack trace: #0 /home/devsharan/workspace/shared/view/BaseView.inc.php(28): DistrictOverViewTableView->print_open() #1 /home/devsharan/workspace/shared/view/BaseView.inc.php(41): BaseView->open() #2 /home/devsharan/workspace/shared/view/BaseView.inc.php(47): BaseView->open_and_close() #3 /home/devsharan/workspace/psr/public_html/include/srn_lib/psr/view/DistrictSchoolsLayoutView.inc.php(57): BaseView->output() #4 /home/devsharan/workspace/shared/view/BaseView.inc.php(28): DistrictSchoolsLayoutView->print_open() #5 /home/devsharan/workspace/shared/view/BaseView.inc.php(41): BaseView->open() #6 /home/devsharan/workspace/shared/view/BaseView.inc.php(47): BaseView->open_and_close() #7 /home/devsharan/workspace/psr/public_html/agency_schools.php(23): BaseView->output() #8 {main} thrown in /home/devsharan/workspace/psr/public_html/include/srn_lib/psr/view/DistrictOverViewTableView.inc.php on line 814