BENNINGTON SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL

BENNINGTON SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school of medium-sized scale in BENNINGTON, Nebraska, run under BENNINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, teacheing 599 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 411 students each, so BENNINGTON SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 46% larger than that benchmark.

BENNINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,381 students; BENNINGTON SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BENNINGTON SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school reports 5% Black, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. The state averages about 14.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BENNINGTON SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Nebraska schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 73.2%; actual is 84.2%, +11.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Douglas County put median household earnings sit near $80,391, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. BENNINGTON SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 207 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students).

STRATFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BENNINGTON SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 73.5%.

BENNINGTON SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

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