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BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

Benton, Arkansas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

5,806
Students enrolled
8
Public schools
390
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.9:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 77
  • Kindergarten 394
  • Grade 1 418
  • Grade 2 446
  • Grade 3 435
  • Grade 4 404
  • Grade 5 445
  • Grade 6 487
  • Grade 7 431
  • Grade 8 476
  • Grade 9 495
  • Grade 10 430
  • Grade 11 422
  • Grade 12 445
  • Ungraded 1

By race/ethnicity

  • White 71%
  • Black or African American 11%
  • Hispanic/Latino 11%
  • Two or more races 6%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

39% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 2,243 of 5,806 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 29%
  • Reduced-price lunch 10%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$10,732 spent per student on day-to-day operations Arkansas median: $13,778 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,095
  • Support services $4,190
  • Other (food service, etc.) $447

Where the money comes from

  • Local 33%
  • State 58%
  • Federal 9%

Total revenue $81.0 milliontotal spending $91.4 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: LargeStudents: 93% suburb, 7% rural

Total staff (FTE)

721

District office

CENTRAL OFFICE, Benton AR 72018

County

Saline County

Official website

NCES District ID

502960

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About BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The Benton School District strives for excellence through continuous school improvement and for creating opportunities for all students’ success in becoming proficient in content areas especially emphasizing literacy and mathematics, preparing students in becoming life-long learners and productive members of a technologically-driven society, as well as instilling a desire for ethically-sound behavior, integrity, and good citizenship.
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