High Schools in Bedford

Bedford has exactly one public high school, Bedford High, which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 868 students at 9 Mudge Way, Bedford, MA 01730-2166. It is the only high school in the Bedford district, so district-level and school-level high school results are nearly identical. Because there is just one school here, parents cannot compare Bedford High with another high school in the area; the more useful comparisons are against Massachusetts averages and against the school's own results over time.

Bedford High stands out on performance. The Bedford district ranks 25th of 351 Massachusetts districts, in the 93rd percentile with 5 stars. The school itself ranked 43rd of 353 high schools in 2025–2026, in the 88th percentile with 4 stars — roughly the top 12% of high schools statewide. That is a slight softening from 28th (5 stars) in 2023–2024 and 37th in 2024–2025, though it remains very highly ranked. In every reported MCAS Next Generation subject and year, Bedford High's percent proficient is far above the state — gaps of roughly 15 to 30 percentage points. In 2025–2026, Mathematics was 73.68 versus 43.73 statewide, Science 69.35 versus 40.50, and English Language Arts 73.50 versus 45.48. The school also generally scores 1–3 points above its own district average.

Completion outcomes are excellent: a 98.6% graduation rate and a 0.9% dropout rate in 2024–2025, essentially matching the district. The student-teacher ratio is a favorable 11.1 students per teacher, and per-student spending was $21,142 in 2020–2021. Watch items: ELA fell from 80.18 to 73.50 year over year, though it is still more than 28 points above the state, and Physics is the relative soft spot at 61.81 — still 15.23 points above the state. The free/reduced-lunch figure is blank in this data, so socioeconomic context is unknown.