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If you had an hour of school board time for BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENNINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 310399000077
BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
11620 N 156TH ST, BENNINGTON, NE 68007 · (402) 238-2690 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
51 students
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 37%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 57% · 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
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.3%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
78.5%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
Source: NSCAS. 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
77.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.6%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for Nebraska 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 Nebraska'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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (77.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 368 | 13.9% | 77.2% |
| MEADOWLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KEARNEY | 417 | 14.4% | 80.1% |
| SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGFIELD | 400 | 15.0% | 68.7% |
| SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 301 | 12.3% | 78.4% |
| GRETNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRETNA | 374 | 16.6% | 70.8% |
| ELEMENTARY AT BENNET BENNET | 385 | 11.7% | 65.7% |
Matched among Nebraska 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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #22 of 311 | #16 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #34 of 398 | #21 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #61 of 438 | #32 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #170 of 587 | #66 of 125 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #123 of 379 | #22 of 117 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.6% | #302 of 379 | #112 of 117 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.9% | #327 of 359 | #40 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.7% | #5 of 220 | #3 of 68 |
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
368
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
+62% since 1990-91, when it was 227
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 368 | 27.8 | 13.3:1 | 14% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 28.3 | 13.4:1 | 21% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 25.9 | 15.6:1 | 17% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 376 | 27 | 13.9:1 | 11% (43) |
| 2017-18 | 581 | 32.4 | 17.9:1 | 9% (52) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 29 | 16.9:1 | 13% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 408 | 26 | 15.7:1 | 14% (57) |
| 2000-01 | 310 | 20 | 15.5:1 | 11% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 227 | 14 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (581 to 368); teachers down 14% (32.4 to 27.8).
About BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL runs as a mid-sized elementary school in BENNINGTON, Nebraska. It reports enrollment of 368 students in pre-K through 5. The school is 35% larger than the average for elementary schools in Nebraska.
District-wide, BENNINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS has 8 schools and 4,381 students.
A large majority of enrollment at BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White, at 86%. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 69%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 26%.
BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a ratio of 13.3 students per teacher, from 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Nebraska is 21.0:1. In all, 14% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 25% average for public schools in Douglas County is 11 points higher.
BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Nebraska schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 77.2% and a predicted 71.6%.
For Douglas County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $80,391, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 207 public schools and about 98,640 students.
Measured in a straight line, BENNINGTON HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.9 miles from BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 74.6% proficiency; BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 77.2%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (376) to 2024-25 (368).
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
590,736
Census ACS
Median income
$80,391
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
207
98,640 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BENNINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- BENNINGTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 students
- BENNINGTON SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 599 students
- PINE CREEK ELEMENTARYElementary · 556 students
- ANCHOR POINTE ELEMENTARYElementary · 544 students
- HERITAGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 436 students
- BENNINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 431 students
Other schools in BENNINGTON
- WESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,573 students
- BENNINGTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 students
- BENNINGTON SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 599 students
- PINE CREEK ELEMENTARYElementary · 556 students
- ANCHOR POINTE ELEMENTARYElementary · 544 students
- HERITAGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 436 students
Other Bennington Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Bennington Elementary. BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 4.
- Bennington Elementary SchoolBennington, VT · 278 students
- Bennington ElemBennington, KS · 235 students
- Bennington Elementary SchoolBennington, OK · 164 students
Nearby schools
- BENNINGTON HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,068
- BENNINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 431
- HERITAGE ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 436
- BENNINGTON SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 599
- STRATFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 379
- PINE CREEK ELEMENTARY2.5 mi · 556
Frequently asked questions
About BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 368 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.3:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 86% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BENNINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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