Bentley Primary School

Bentley Primary School is a primary school of small scale in Bentley, Kansas, overseen by Halstead, instructing 200 students in grades pre-K through 3. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Bentley Primary School sits 36% below that benchmark.

Halstead comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 786 students; Bentley Primary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Bentley Primary School lists that White students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder consists of 17% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Bentley Primary School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sedgwick County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bentley Primary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.6%; this one delivers 44.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Sedgwick County shows median household earnings sit near $69,365, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sedgwick County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students), of which Bentley Primary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: R L Wright Elem, around 5.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Bentley Primary School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Bentley Primary School's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 228 (now 200). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 10% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Bentley Primary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.