Prior to settling on Cary, my family and I explored Bedford (and the Carolinas) quite a bit. In fact, we were looking at a home on "Up Above Lane." I believe the schools for this area are Lead Mine Elementary, Wakefield Middle, and Wakefield High.
Schools were a major factor when looking for a home, so I can tell you where you can find some more information about them. To begin with, if you go to the following link, it will tell you the schools' performance scores sorted by elementary, middle, and high. This will give you a good idea about the Carolinas base schools (and any other you might be interested in).
http://www.wcpss.net/test-scores/nc-abcs/2006/
Then, if you wanted to compare neighboring schools (which you mentioned), you can go to:
http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/...+up+above+lane
This site is amazing! You will be impressed with what the Internet can do. Here you can see parent remarks, test scores, student and teacher statistics, and then compare one school with another.
I'm a firm believer in researching the area as much as possible and couldn't have learned as much as I have without my realtor. A good realtor who is willing to work for you is hard to come by.
David
djculligan@yahoo.com
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It is so close to everywhere (store, new hospital, school, lake, etc). 
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