Elementary · Vermont
Bennington Elementary School
Free meals for allBennington Elementary School, a public elementary school in Bennington, Vermont: grades pre-k–5, 278 students, 16.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 278
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.0
- Students per teacher
- 16.4
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 94% of elementary schools in Vermont
Median 11.3 · 202 schools compared
More students per teacher than 69% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 75% of elementary schools in Vermont
Median 169 · 202 schools compared
Smaller than 77% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Vermont's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Vermont: 56%Not published: too few students tested.
Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Vermont: 39%Not published: too few students tested.
Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program; proficient means Levels 3-4
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.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant town
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87.
Location
- Address
- 128 Park Street, Bennington, VT 05201
- Phone
- (802)442-5256
- City or town
- Bennington
- County
- Bennington County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Monument Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 147 | 17.3 |
Molly Stark SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 402 | 18.6 |
Woodford Hollow SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 30 | 8.8 |
Shaftsbury Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 245 | 12.4 |
Pownal Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 249 | 14.6 |
Hoosick Falls Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 407 | 18.3 |
Sources
- 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).
- 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.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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