Enrollment
235
Elementary
DISTRICT 152 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TWIN VALLEY·NCES 200396000164
Bennington Elem
223 N. Putnam, Bennington, KS 67422 · (785) 488-3323 · Ottawa County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL235 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Kansas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
101 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 24% smaller than its 6th grade class (34).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
53.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
49.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.9% | 49.2% |
| 2023-24 | 44.7% | 49.6% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bennington Elem
Bennington Elem's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennington Elem this school | 235 | 43.0% | 47.9% |
| Ell-Saline Elementary Salina | 237 | 43.9% | 31.1% |
| Remington Elementary at Potwin Potwin | 225 | 43.1% | 56.5% |
| Plainville Elem Plainville | 256 | 44.5% | 29.2% |
| Bluestem Elementary School Leon | 267 | 41.6% | 35.2% |
| Inman Elem Inman | 260 | 41.2% | 44.5% |
Matched among Kansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bennington Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #245 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #214 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #255 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 235 | #488 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #126 of 539 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.1% | #508 of 540 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.0% | #448 of 658 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #323 of 377 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
235
+9 (+4%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 176
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 235 | 19.4 | 12.1:1 | 43% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 253 | 18.8 | 13.5:1 | 46% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 236 | 16.8 | 14.1:1 | 42% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 226 | 17 | 13.3:1 | 42% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 245 | 17.2 | 14.2:1 | 45% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 249 | 18 | 13.8:1 | 43% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 317 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 27% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 322 | 19 | 16.9:1 | 16% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 176 | 10 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bennington Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (245 to 235); teachers up 13% (17.2 to 19.4).
About Bennington Elem
Bennington Elem is a small elementary school. Its address is in Bennington, Kansas. The school reports 235 students in pre-K through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in Kansas is about 313 students.
Twin Valley has a total of 4 schools and 595 students, Bennington Elem among them.
White students are the large majority at Bennington Elem, with 90% of enrollment. Other groups make up 7% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 94% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Bennington Elem comes in at 18%.
The school has about 12.1 students per teacher and 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kansas is 13.2:1, higher than at this school. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades Bennington Elem a B. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Bennington Elem is 6.3 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Kansas schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Ottawa County show that median household income is about $74,018, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Bennington Elem is one of 6 public schools in Ottawa County, which together enroll about 1,193 students.
The shortest distance from Bennington Elem to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Bennington Junior High/High School. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Bennington Elem is 1st on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory far from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Remote).
The number of students climbed from 226 to 235 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.1:1, from 13.3:1.
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Ottawa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,819
Census ACS
Median income
$74,018
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,193 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Twin Valley
- Bennington Junior High/High SchoolHigh · 219 students
- Tescott Junior High/High SchoolHigh · 72 students
- Tescott ElemElementary · 69 students
Other Bennington Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Bennington Elementary. Bennington Elem is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBENNINGTON, NE · 368 students
- Bennington Elementary SchoolBennington, VT · 278 students
- Bennington Elementary SchoolBennington, OK · 164 students
Nearby schools
- Bennington Junior High/High School0.0 mi · 219
- Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School8.5 mi · 300
- Minneapolis Elementary8.5 mi · 298
- Ell-Saline Elementary11.8 mi · 237
- Lakewood Middle School12.9 mi · 647
- Salina Virtual Innovation Academy13.2 mi · 50
Frequently asked questions
About Bennington ElemHow many students attend Bennington Elem?
Bennington Elem enrolls approximately 235 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Bennington Elem serve?
Bennington Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bennington Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bennington Elem is approximately 12.1:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bennington Elem?
At Bennington Elem, the student body is approximately 90% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Bennington Elem in?
Bennington Elem is part of Twin Valley.
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