BENNINGTON HIGH SCHOOL

As a big 9-12 campus in BENNINGTON, Nebraska, BENNINGTON HIGH SCHOOL instructs 1,068 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by BENNINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Enrollment runs roughly 173% larger than the state mean of about 391.

Within BENNINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 8 schools and 4,381 students, BENNINGTON HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BENNINGTON HIGH SCHOOL reports that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 4% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, BENNINGTON HIGH SCHOOL reports 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Douglas County (around 25%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Douglas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,391 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Douglas County runs 207 public schools (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students), of which BENNINGTON HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is BENNINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BENNINGTON HIGH SCHOOL.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 84%: 582 students in 2018 compared to 1,068 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 88% to 84% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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