School district · Colorado

Bennett School District No. 29J

Bennett School District No. 29J in Colorado: 6 public schools with 1,793 students and 19.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $13,253 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 6; 1 charter
Students: 1,793
Students per teacher: 19.7; CO 16.2 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $13,253; CO $15.8K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 91.0
Counselors (FTE): 5.7
Students per counselor: 314; CO 246 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 1.0; Librarians (FTE): 1.1

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Colorado's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Colorado: 45%

28%proficient

−1.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 75% of school districts in Colorado

Median 36% · 169 school districts compared

755 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Colorado: 36%

18%proficient

−0.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 77% of school districts in Colorado

Median 28% · 165 school districts compared

771 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$6.9K15

$7.1K16

$7.7K17

$7.8K18

$8.2K19

$9.0K20

$8.7K21

$10.3K22

$10.8K23

$13.3K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 1.9% · $507K
State: 21% · $5.5M
Local: 77% · $20.5M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $6,834
Support services: $6,140
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $2.4M
Long-term debt: $0

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Pre-K centers: 1Elementary schools: 3Middle schools: 1High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Bennett Preschool	Pre-K	79	—	—	—	Bennett
Bennett Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–2	251	16.1	—	—	Bennett
Bennett Intermediate School	3–5	256	16.6	30%	22%	Bennett
Sky Ranch AcademyCharterFree meals for all	K–8	495	20.6	30%	18%	Aurora
Bennett Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	281	21.7	23%	13%	Bennett
Bennett High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	431	19.2	—	—	Bennett

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 610 7TH Street, Bennett, CO 80102
Phone: (303)644-3234

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.