Robert Bennis Elementary - 05
Brandon, SD · Elementary School
Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 is a elementary school in Brandon, SD with 556 students enrolled and a 70% proficiency rate. Part of Brandon Valley School District 49-2. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 is a elementary school located in Brandon, South Dakota. The school serves 556 students. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.4:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 70% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
10% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 is part of the Brandon Valley School District 49-2 in South Dakota.
How This School Compares
Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 has 556 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Brandon Valley School District 49-2 (412 students). Its 70% proficiency rate is 9 percentage points above the district average of 61%. Compared to the South Dakota state average of 56%, the school performs 14 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 has 556 students enrolled. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.4:1.
According to EDFacts data, 70% of students at Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 is part of the Brandon Valley School District 49-2 in Brandon, South Dakota. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.