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Benkelman Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

900 A St

Benkelman NE, 69021, Dundy County

Phone: 308-423-2216

Ranking:

(650 out of 761, bottom 15%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Dundy County Public Schools

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	12		11		11		11		11		11		11
Total Students:	166		177		172		148		155		147		169
Prekindergarten:	15	9.0%	18	10.2%	6	3.5%	9	6.1%	10	6.5%	7	4.8%	14	8.3%
Kindergarten:	21	12.7%	20	11.3%	21	12.2%	19	12.8%	19	12.3%	18	12.2%	25	14.8%
Grade 1:	16	9.6%	17	9.6%	25	14.5%	18	12.2%	19	12.3%	26	17.7%	21	12.4%
Grade 2:	18	10.8%	23	13.0%	23	13.4%	20	13.5%	23	14.8%	19	12.9%	16	9.5%
Grade 3:	23	13.9%	25	14.1%	26	15.1%	25	16.9%	22	14.2%	19	12.9%	20	11.8%
Grade 4:	22	13.3%	26	14.7%	22	12.8%	20	13.5%	19	12.3%	18	12.2%	23	13.6%
Grade 5:	28	16.9%	23	13.0%	27	15.7%	19	12.8%	19	12.3%	19	12.9%	24	14.2%
Grade 6:	23	13.9%	25	14.1%	22	12.8%	18	12.2%	24	15.5%	21	14.3%	26	15.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	95	57.2%	95	53.7%	88	51.2%	67	45.3%	66	42.6%	64	43.5%	80	47.3%
Female:	71	42.8%	82	46.3%	84	48.8%	81	54.7%	81	52.3%	75	51.0%	85	50.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.6%	1	0.7%	1	0.6%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	22	13.3%	20	11.3%	25	14.5%	14	9.5%	13	8.4%	10	6.8%	11	6.5%
Black:	3	1.8%	1	0.6%	1	0.6%	1	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
White:	141	84.9%	156	88.1%	145	84.3%	132	89.2%	141	91.0%	136	92.5%	157	92.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.6%	1	0.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	66	39.8%	63	35.6%	65	37.8%	43	29.1%	46	29.7%	42	28.6%	49	29.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	12	7.2%	29	16.4%	19	11.0%	18	12.2%	25	16.1%	24	16.3%	37	21.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.26		16.45		15.99		13.91		14.61		13.20		14.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NeSA
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Average Scaled Score	107.13	107.76	103.49
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Average Scaled Score	99.62	95.67	107.84
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Average Scaled Score	99.29	98.53	110.06
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Average Scaled Score	96.86	98.52	101.01
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Average Scaled Score	98.65	98.97	104.41
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Average Scaled Score	95.58	95.42	108.66
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Average Scaled Score	97.38	98.50	111.04
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Average Scaled Score	93.33	90.03	102.64
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Average Scaled Score	112.00	114.23	106.36
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Average Scaled Score	105.31	104.89	108.63
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Average Scaled Score	92.33	100.44	103.84
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Average Scaled Score	99.17	98.83	109.01
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Average Scaled Score	103.04	104.27	111.62
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Average Scaled Score	101.10	103.78	114.70
2013	Writing	4th Grade	Average Scaled Score	48.04	45.91	43.59
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Average Scaled Score	69.71	79.70	102.67
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Average Scaled Score	100.09	98.29	108.48
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Average Scaled Score	106.92	110.85	108.93
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Average Scaled Score	92.00	92.64	101.08
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Average Scaled Score	72.33	84.70	107.65
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Average Scaled Score	95.35	96.71	114.26
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Average Scaled Score	118.43	122.22	118.18
2012	Science	5th Grade	Average Scaled Score	95.43	95.07	101.12
2013	Science	5th Grade	Average Scaled Score	105.17	107.24	104.29
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	76.30	76.93	100.35
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	85.38	93.53	106.09
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	103.57	105.48	106.35
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	75.09	72.80	101.38
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	88.15	93.21	108.81
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	100.71	106.53	112.59
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Average Scaled Score	115.87	117.63	115.06

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	42.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	57.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	71.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,413.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,392.0

* Benkelman Elementary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.