About Bedford County School District
Bedford County School District is a public school system serving Bedford County, Tennessee, based in Shelbyville. It serves 9,042 students across 15 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: distant district. By enrollment it is the #21 largest of Tennessee’s 149 school systems.
Size and structure
Bedford County School District enrolls 9,042 students in 15 schools — an average of about 603 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #21 of 149 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Bedford County School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (9,042 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Bedford County School District employs about n/a full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of n/a — not reported for this district.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Tennessee funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Bedford County School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Tennessee reports on the State Report Card, which since December 2023 assigns A–F school letter grades alongside TCAP achievement, TVAAS growth, graduation, English-learner proficiency and college-and-career readiness. Look up Bedford County School District on the Tennessee State Report Card.
Accreditation status
Tennessee approves and holds public districts accountable itself through the Department of Education and State Board, rather than requiring a private accreditor; Cognia accreditation is voluntary and used mainly by non-public schools. See the Tennessee Department of Education.
Bedford County School District vs. Tennessee
See every Tennessee district side by side in the Tennessee directory.
Look up Bedford County School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):