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Bennington High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
16610 Bennington Road
Bennington, NE 68007
Phone
(402) 238-2447
District
BENNINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
County
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1031
Classroom Teachers
64

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Nebraska

10

(10 is best)

Better than 96.3% of all NE schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Bennington High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
70%
44%
75%
45%
64%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 265 25.7%
Grade 10 262 25.4%
Grade 11 235 22.8%
Grade 12 269 26.1%
Total 1031 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 88.0% 86.7% 66.1%
Black 3.9% 4.1% 7.0%
Hispanic 5.0% 5.3% 22.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.7% 3.5% 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.4% 1.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 13.7% 13.9% 29.9%
Free lunch eligible 10.9% 11.2% 23.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.8% 2.7% 6.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 17,579 1,978,379
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 411.8 26
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 9.8% 6.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 26.5% 21.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.6% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 21.9% 23.4%
65 OR OLDER 8.2% 16.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 5,892 786,885
Single Parent Households With Children 5.1% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.3% 92.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 56.6% 34.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 43.0% 17.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 24.5% 18.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.4% 14.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 9.9% 17.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 5.3% 15.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 2.7% 10.0%
$15,000 or less 3.2% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,493 $23,537,000 29.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $400 $1,713,000 2.1%
Staff $423 $1,811,000 2.3%
General Administration $145 $621,000 0.8%
School Administration $467 $1,999,000 2.5%
Operation $992 $4,250,000 5.3%
Transportation $179 $767,000 1.0%
Other $281 $1,202,000 1.5%
Total Support $2,885 $12,363,000 15.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $10,362 $44,403,000 55.3%
Total Expenditures $18,740 $80,303,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,459 $2,785,059,000 50.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $721 $237,273,000 4.3%
Staff $424 $139,692,000 2.5%
General Administration $332 $109,312,000 2.0%
School Administration $676 $222,462,000 4.0%
Operation $1,243 $409,321,000 7.4%
Transportation $361 $118,861,000 2.2%
Other $861 $283,579,000 5.1%
Total Support $4,618 $1,520,500,000 27.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,661 $1,205,227,000 21.9%
Total Expenditures $16,738 $5,510,786,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%