Summary:
ZIP code 03110, serving Bedford, New Hampshire, has one listed high school: Bedford High School, which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls about 1,360 students. The school is part of the Bedford School District, a highly rated district ranked 8th out of 166 statewide. With a student-teacher ratio of 13.4 to 1, Bedford offers a relatively favorable setting for a large high school, along with broad academic and extracurricular opportunities typically associated with its size.
Bedford High School is one of New Hampshire’s strongest high schools. Its statewide ranking improved from 14th in 2023–2024 to 7th in 2024–2025 and 2nd in 2025–2026, placing it in the 98th percentile with a five-star rating. Academic results were well above state averages: 63% of students were proficient in mathematics, 86% in reading, and 74% in science, compared with 44%, 55%, and 38% statewide. Reading is the school’s most consistent strength, while science showed the largest recent improvement, increasing 25 percentage points in one year. Mathematics also improved by 10 points, although it remains the clearest area for additional growth because the district result was higher.
Parents will also find encouraging completion and college-readiness indicators. The school’s graduation rate was 88.1%, slightly above the New Hampshire rate of 87.0%, and its reported dropout rate was 0.0%, compared with 2.3% statewide. Eleventh-grade SAT proficiency was 63% in mathematics and 86% in reading, substantially exceeding state results of 30% and 62%. Overall, the available data portrays Bedford High School as a top-tier school with especially strong reading and science performance, improving mathematics results, and a clear upward trend in statewide standing.
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