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Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 241 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALMYRA DISTRICT O R 1·NCES 317521001469
ELEMENTARY AT BENNET
50 DOGWOOD, BENNET, NE 68317 · (402) 782-3535 · Lancaster County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nebraska public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
45 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 60 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within PALMYRA DISTRICT O R 1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
66.0%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
71.4%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.3%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% 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 ELEMENTARY AT BENNET
ELEMENTARY AT BENNET's state test result (65.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELEMENTARY AT BENNET this school | 385 | 11.7% | 65.7% |
| SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGFIELD | 400 | 15.0% | 68.7% |
| FORT CALHOUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT CALHOUN | 460 | 15.2% | 64.0% |
| GRETNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRETNA | 374 | 16.6% | 70.8% |
| BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BENNINGTON | 368 | 13.9% | 77.2% |
| SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY GRETNA | 499 | 10.0% | 67.8% |
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 ELEMENTARY AT BENNET ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #150 of 311 | #17 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #121 of 398 | #9 of 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #141 of 438 | #17 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #150 of 587 | #31 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #121 of 379 | #22 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.0% | #366 of 379 | #46 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.7% | #331 of 359 | #26 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.8% | #69 of 135 | #4 of 14 |
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
385
-31 (-7%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 244
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 385 | 29.1 | 13.2:1 | 12% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 29.8 | 13.6:1 | 22% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 27.6 | 14.5:1 | 20% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 26 | 16.0:1 | 18% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 354 | 26 | 13.6:1 | 13% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 290 | 22 | 13.2:1 | 15% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 247 | 20 | 12.3:1 | 34% (85) |
| 2000-01 | 230 | 17 | 13.5:1 | 23% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 244 | 15 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ELEMENTARY AT BENNET.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (354 to 385); teachers up 12% (26 to 29.1).
About ELEMENTARY AT BENNET
ELEMENTARY AT BENNET is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in BENNET, Nebraska. In all, 385 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That is 42% above the average of about 272 students for elementary schools in Nebraska.
PALMYRA DISTRICT O R 1 runs 3 schools with a combined 724 students. ELEMENTARY AT BENNET is one of them.
White students are 94% of those enrolled at ELEMENTARY AT BENNET. The remaining shares are 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Lancaster County's population at about 81%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.
There are 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.2:1. Compared with the 21.0:1 average for elementary schools in Nebraska, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 12% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Lancaster County is 32%.
Among Nebraska public elementary schools, ELEMENTARY AT BENNET outscored 41%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For ELEMENTARY AT BENNET, the prediction is 72.3% and the result is 65.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lancaster County show that the median household earns about $74,793 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Lancaster County, 97 public schools serve about 48,123 students.
The closest school to ELEMENTARY AT BENNET is MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL, located about 5.7 miles away. ELEMENTARY AT BENNET is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within ten miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts ELEMENTARY AT BENNET at 6th of 7.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 385, down from 416 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 16.0:1 to 13.2:1.
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Lancaster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
326,696
Census ACS
Median income
$74,793
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
97
48,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PALMYRA DISTRICT O R 1
- JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL AT PALMYRAHigh · 181 students
- PALMYRA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 158 students
Nearby schools
- MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL5.7 mi · 849
- KLOEFKORN ELEMENTARY6.0 mi · 497
- EARLY CHILDHOOD AT STANDING BEAR HS6.0 mi · 21
- STANDING BEAR HIGH SCHOOL6.0 mi · 631
- JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL AT PALMYRA6.3 mi · 181
- PALMYRA MIDDLE SCHOOL6.3 mi · 158
Frequently asked questions
About ELEMENTARY AT BENNETHow many students attend ELEMENTARY AT BENNET?
ELEMENTARY AT BENNET enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does ELEMENTARY AT BENNET serve?
ELEMENTARY AT BENNET serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does ELEMENTARY AT BENNET have?
ELEMENTARY AT BENNET employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ELEMENTARY AT BENNET?
At ELEMENTARY AT BENNET, the student body is approximately 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees ELEMENTARY AT BENNET?
ELEMENTARY AT BENNET is overseen by PALMYRA DISTRICT O R 1 in Lancaster County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.