Summary:
Zip code 01730 contains exactly one high school: Bedford High, which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 868 students as part of the Bedford school district. Because it is the only high school in the area, local families have a single public option — but it is a strong one. The district overall ranks 25th of 351 in Massachusetts, placing it in the 93rd percentile with 5 stars.
Bedford High itself ranked 43rd of 353 schools in 2025–2026 (88th percentile, 4 stars), after 37th of 349 (89th percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–2025 and 28th of 348 (92nd percentile, 5 stars) in 2023–2024 — still roughly the top 12% of state high schools, though its relative position has slipped. Its 10th-grade MCAS Next Generation proficiency rates in 2025–2026 were 73.5% in ELA, 73.68% in Mathematics, and 69.35% in Science — all 28–30 percentage points above the state, and slightly above the district average. Physics End of Course came in at 61.81%, 15.2 points above the state and effectively tied with the district's 61.88%.
Completion outcomes are excellent: a 98.6% graduation rate and 0.9% dropout rate, nearly identical to the district's 98.7% and 0.9%. The student-teacher ratio is 11.1, and per-student spending was $21,142 in 2020–2021. The free/reduced-lunch percentage is not reported, so it should be treated as unknown rather than zero. Comparing the same 10th-grade subjects year over year, ELA fell 6.7 points and Science fell 3.5 points, while Mathematics rose 2.0 points; the Physics figures cover different scopes across years and should not be read as a trend.
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