NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools NE

Best-Resourced Schools in Bennington, NE

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9 public K-12 schools in Bennington from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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9
Schools
5,954
Students
41/100
Avg Resource Index
19:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Bennington has more public-school enrollment than 63% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Bennington sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Bennington's 9 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 54-point gap between Bennington Elementary School and Westview High School shows the range hidden by Bennington's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 37%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
50th percentile
Teacher staffing
20th percentile

Westview High School accounts for 26.4% of all Bennington public-school enrollment

That concentration means Bennington-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bennington school enrollment varies 4.3× across entities

Bennington school enrollment ranges from 368 students (lowest) to 1,573 students (highest), a spread of 1,205 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bennington student-teacher ratio is 19.0:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Bennington Elementary School 54
2. Bennington Middle School 52
3. Pine Creek Elementary 50
4. Heritage Elementary 49
5. Bennington High School 47
6. Anchor Pointe Elementary 45
7. Stratford Elementary School 37
8. Bennington South Middle School 35
9. Westview High School -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Bennington

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Westview High School 70.7/100
  2. 2 Heritage Elementary 44.0/100
  3. 3 Anchor Pointe Elementary 43.9/100
  4. 4 Pine Creek Elementary 32.7/100
  5. 5 Bennington South Middle School 31.2/100

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Which Bennington school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Bennington Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Bennington schools in this federal-data comparison at 54/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Bennington, NE? ▼

Bennington has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,954 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 19:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.