Summary:
Zip code 01730 covers Bedford, Massachusetts, home to four public schools in the Bedford district that together form a full PK–12 pipeline — two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — with 2,513 students enrolled. The district is rated 25th of 351 Massachusetts districts, placing it in the 93rd percentile with 5 stars. Lt Eleazer Davis serves PK–2, Lt Job Lane School serves grades 3–5, John Glenn Middle serves grades 6–8, and Bedford High serves grades 9–12.
Lt Job Lane School is the elementary standout, ranking 63rd of 899 elementary schools (93rd percentile, 5 stars for three straight years); its science proficiency was 69.47% in 2025–2026 versus a state 40.98%, and 75.14% versus 41.51% the year before — the largest state gap in this data at +33.63 points. John Glenn Middle ranked 39th of 478 middle schools (92nd percentile, 5 stars three years running), with civics at 69.95% against a state 39.77%. Bedford High posts a 98.6% graduation rate and 0.9% dropout rate, with ELA at 73.5% versus 45.48% statewide and math at 73.68% versus 43.73%, though its rank slipped from 28th of 348 (5 stars) in 2023–2024 to 43rd of 353 (4 stars) in 2025–2026. Lt Eleazer Davis has no test scores or rank because it serves PK–2; its 501 students, 11.2:1 ratio and $18,582 per-student spending (2020–2021) are the available measures.
Across both years, every tested Bedford school beat state averages in every reported subject, usually by 23–34 percentage points. Two watch items stand out: Bedford High's recent rank and ELA slide, and a 7th-grade dip at John Glenn Middle, where ELA was 62.96% compared with 71.51% in 6th grade and 70.89% in 8th. Per-student spending rises with grade level ($21,142 at the high school versus $18,582 at Davis) but does not track test scores, and free/reduced lunch data is suppressed for all four schools, so socioeconomic context cannot be analyzed here.
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