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Financial Information
Financial Information
The Bennington Public Schools budget is created annually with the goal of balancing fiscal responsibility while providing the best possible education for all students.
There are over 4,400 students being educated in the 2025-2026 school year and the total operating budget for the 2025-26 school year is $56,980,007. The highlights of the budget are listed below on the right. For further details, check out the presentation below.
Notices Published in the Newspaper
Click the links below to download the notice.
- 2025-26 Notice of Budget Hearing and Budget Summary
- 2025-26 Notice of Special Hearing to Set Final Tax Request
Click here for the 2023-24 Audit Report provided by Eide Bailey
For more information on statewide receipts and expenditures, please visit the Department of Education website at https://nepeducation.ne.gov
2025-2026 Tax Facts
$0.975000 - General Fund
$0.025000 - Building Fund
$0.358000 - Bond Fund
$0.000000 - QCPUF Fund
$1.358000 - Combined Levy
- Same Levy Rate as 2023-24 and 2024-25, which was lowest in 12 years!
- 2023-24 levy was reduced 6.76 cents
2025-2026 Budget Facts
Where the Money Comes From
52.52% - Property Taxes & Property Tax Credit
25.23% - State Aid
22.25% - Other Actual Receipts
Where the Money Goes
53.10% - All Instruction Expenditures
13.03% - Special Education Expenditures
11.15% - Maintenance & Operation Expenditures
7.48% - Other Expenditures
6.65% - Support Services
6.13% - Administration
2.46% - State & Federal Expenditures
Click here to download the 2025-26 Budget presentation.