Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Elementary at Bennet, Bennet, NE

Elementary at Bennet is a public elementary school in Bennet, part of Palmyra District O R 1. It enrolled 385 students in 2024-25, with 13.3 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "ELEMENTARY AT BENNET".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 385
Teachers (FTE): 29.0
Students per teacher: 13.3
Grades: PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 12.9. The Nebraska average across schools is 14.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.3

District12.9

Nebraska14.1

United States15.3

School details

Address: 50 Dogwood, Bennet, NE 68317
Phone: (402)782-3535
District: Palmyra District O R 1
County: Otoe County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Virtual: No
Locale: Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID: 317521001469

Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 31
Reduced-price lunch: 14
Free or reduced-price lunch: 4511.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.