BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized K-5 school in BENNINGTON, Nebraska, overseen by BENNINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school educates 368 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 35% above the state mean of about 272.

BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 8 schools operated by BENNINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that teaches 4,381 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 14% of students at BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Douglas County (around 25%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.2%.

Around the school, Douglas County reports that median household income runs about $80,391, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Douglas County runs 207 public schools (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students), of which BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is BENNINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 74.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 37%, going from 581 students in 2018 to 368 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 86% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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