Other students that attend Bedford High School come from the neighboring Hanscom Air Force Base or from Boston through the use of the METCO system.

Some Bedford students attend Shawsheen Valley Technical High School.

The school takes on-post students from Hanscom Air Force Base,[5] if they are dependents of active duty military personnel.

[8] In 2010, the magazine ranked BHS the 6th best overall public high school in Massachusetts.

[10] According to Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education annual statistics, for the 2022–2023[11] academic year, the demographic enrollment distributions for race, gender and grade level at Bedford High School (Massachusetts) are as follows: