📍 128 Park Street, Bennington, Bennington County, 05201
Bennington Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bennington, Bennington County. The school has 312 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Bennington Elementary School enrolls 312 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% White, 3.8% Two or more races and 1.9% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 284 | 91% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 1.9% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
205 of the school's 312 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 193 qualify for free lunch and 12 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bennington Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VT At-Large.
Bennington Elementary School is one of 6 schools in Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87, based in Bennington, Vermont. The district serves 1,353 students district-wide and employs 86 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 312 students, Bennington Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 226 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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