Editing Bedford, New Hampshire (section)

==Education==
The school district is the [[Bedford School District]]<!--UNI 01740-->.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st33_nh/schooldistrict_maps/c33011_hillsborough/DC20SD_C33011.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Hillsborough County, NH|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-09}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st33_nh/schooldistrict_maps/c33011_hillsborough/DC20SD_C33011_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> There are six schools in Bedford: Memorial Elementary School (National Blue Ribbon School awardee in 2012), Peter Woodbury Elementary School, and Riddle Brook Elementary ([[National Blue Ribbon School]] awardee in 2017 and 2023) are neighborhood elementary schools that serve grades K through 4. McKelvie Intermediate School accommodates grades 5 and 6. Ross A. Lurgio Middle School and [[Bedford High School (New Hampshire)|Bedford High School]] have served grades 7–8 and 9–12, respectively, since their establishment in 2007.

Ross A. Lurgio Middle School and Bedford High School comprise one {{convert|300000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} building. The unified construction aimed to take advantage of economies of scale by allowing the schools to share a kitchen, an auditorium, and security guards, but they operate as separate schools with different entrances, bus schedules, start times and end times. Additionally, key-controlled access is required to move between schools.

A portion of [[Saint Anselm College]] is located in Bedford.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st33_nh/cousub/cs3301104500_bedford/DC20BLK_CS3301104500.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Bedford town, NH|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-09}}</ref> This includes some athletic fields.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bedfordnh.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_12042023-2583|title=TOWN OF BEDFORD CONSERVATION COMMISSION MINUTES SITE WALK AT SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE – TRACK AND FIELD STADIUM|publisher=Town of Bedford Conservation Commission|date=2023-12-04|access-date=2024-09-09}}</ref>

Previously Bedford had an agreement with the [[Manchester School District]] so that students were sent to [[Manchester West High School]]. In 2005 about 900 high school aged residents of Bedford attended Manchester West.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=January 11, 2005 |title=20-year tuition pact between Bedford, city taken |url=https://unionleader.newsbank.com/doc/news/107962B39271FA43?search_terms=%22Bedford%22%2BManchester%2BWest&text=%22Bedford%22%20Manchester%20West&content_added=&date_from=01-01-2005&date_to=01-01-2008&pub%255B0%255D=MULB&pdate=2005-01-11 |journal=[[New Hampshire Union Leader]] |location=[[Manchester, NH]] |page=A1CI}}</ref> Beginning in fall 2007 Bedford stopped sending new students to Manchester West, so it could instead send them to Bedford High. By fall 2009<!--if final year of agreement is 2008-2009, then its over in fall 2009--> Bedford no longer sent any levels to Manchester West.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=January 10, 2006 |title=Bedford withdrawal from West approved |url=https://unionleader.newsbank.com/doc/news/10F14BBE54B5C200?search_terms=%22Bedford%22%2BManchester%2BWest&text=%22Bedford%22%20Manchester%20West&content_added=&date_from=01-01-2005&date_to=01-01-2008&pub%255B0%255D=MULB&pdate=2006-01-10 |journal=[[New Hampshire Union Leader]] |location=[[Manchester, NH]] |page=B1CI |ref=none |no-tracking=yes<!-- prevents error categorization -->}}</ref>
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