Monument Elementary School

As an intimate elementary-level community in Bennington, Vermont, Monument Elementary School hosts 147 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87. Enrollment runs roughly 31% below the state mean of about 213.

Within Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87, which oversees 6 schools and 1,351 students, Monument Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Monument Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school reports having 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.5:1, putting Monument Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bennington County) records that median household income runs about $73,325, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Bennington County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,854 students), Monument Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Bennington Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Monument Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

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