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Enrollment
659
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 470
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMNER COUNTY·NCES 470402001944
Benny C. Bills Elementary School
1030 Union School RD, Gallatin, TN 37066 · (615) 451-6577 · Sumner County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL659 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Tennessee public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·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 Tennessee public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
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Teacher data unavailable
STATE 19.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
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Title I proxy
STATE -0%
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 | 32 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 61% · 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
TCAP 2024-25 . % On Track or MasteredEnglish Language Arts
27.6%
TN avg 40.9% . +11.2pp since 2022
Math
22.9%
TN avg 39.3% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the TCAP, Tennessee's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Tennessee schools, those numbers are about 41 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
TCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.6% | 22.9% |
| 2023-24 | 24.2% | 22.2% |
| 2022-23 | 16.4% | 20.9% |
% On Track or Mastered, all students and all tested grades.
Source: TCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Benny C. Bills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Tennessee | In Sumner County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #817 of 957 ▼ 19 | #26 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #747 of 959 ▲ 21 | #26 of 27 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 659 | #189 of 1,044 | #6 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #73 of 962 | #3 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #182 of 537 | #7 of 17 |
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
659
-63 (-9%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 713
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 | 659 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 713 | 46.7 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 713 | 50.7 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 722 | 54 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 779 | 49 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 732 | 53 | 13.8:1 | 70% (514) |
| 2010-11 | 713 | 54 | 13.2:1 | 76% (539) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benny C. Bills Elementary School.
About Benny C. Bills Elementary School
In Gallatin, Tennessee, part of Sumner County, Benny C. Bills Elementary School is an elementary school. Total enrollment is 659 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Tennessee have about 470 students on average; enrollment here is 40% higher.
Benny C. Bills Elementary School is one school in a 53-school district, Sumner County, which enrolls 30,719 students.
Of every 100 students at Benny C. Bills Elementary School, about 43 are White, the largest group. After that, the student body is 30% Black, 19% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Sumner County is about 80% White. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at Benny C. Bills Elementary School are from different groups.
Among Tennessee public elementary schools, Benny C. Bills Elementary School outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
In Sumner County, median household income comes to about $90,301, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 53, with about 30,719 students.
Benny C. Bills Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from Joe Shafer Middle School, its nearest public school. Benny C. Bills Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 9% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Sumner County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
204,424
Census ACS
Median income
$90,301
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
30,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sumner County
- Gallatin Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Beech Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,477 students
- Hendersonville High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Portland High SchoolHigh · 1,151 students
- Station Camp High SchoolHigh · 1,137 students
- Liberty Creek High SchoolHigh · 993 students
Other schools in Gallatin
- Gallatin Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Station Camp High SchoolHigh · 1,137 students
- Liberty Creek High SchoolHigh · 993 students
- Station Camp ElementaryElementary · 974 students
- Station Camp Middle SchoolMiddle · 904 students
- Liberty Creek ElementaryElementary · 735 students
Nearby schools
- Joe Shafer Middle School0.4 mi · 670
- R T Fisher Alternative0.6 mi · 127
- Union Elementary School0.9 mi · 620
- Patricia Brown Virtual Academy1.1 mi · 48
- Vena Stuart Elementary1.2 mi · 710
- Howard Elementary1.9 mi · 591
Frequently asked questions
About Benny C. Bills Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Benny C. Bills Elementary School?
Benny C. Bills Elementary School enrolls approximately 659 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Benny C. Bills Elementary School serve?
Benny C. Bills Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student diversity at Benny C. Bills Elementary School?
Student demographics at Benny C. Bills Elementary School are roughly 43% White, 19% Hispanic, 30% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Benny C. Bills Elementary School?
Benny C. Bills Elementary School is overseen by Sumner County in Sumner County.
What city is Benny C. Bills Elementary School in?
Benny C. Bills Elementary School is located in Gallatin, TN.
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