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Benton School District

Benton, Wisconsin · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

223
Students enrolled
3
Public schools
23
Classroom teachers (FTE)
9.6:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 15
  • Kindergarten 20
  • Grade 1 13
  • Grade 2 16
  • Grade 3 22
  • Grade 4 14
  • Grade 5 11
  • Grade 6 20
  • Grade 7 19
  • Grade 8 12
  • Grade 9 15
  • Grade 10 15
  • Grade 11 20
  • Grade 12 11

By race/ethnicity

  • White 92%
  • Hispanic/Latino 6%
  • Two or more races 2%

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

44% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 99 of 223 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 38%
  • Reduced-price lunch 7%

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

$21,940 spent per student on day-to-day operations Wisconsin median: $15,562 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,954
  • Support services $7,000
  • Other (food service, etc.) $5,986

Where the money comes from

  • Local 31%
  • State 58%
  • Federal 11%

Total revenue $4.9 milliontotal spending $5.5 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)

Rural: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

45

District office

41 Alma St, Benton WI 53803

County

Lafayette County

Official website

NCES District ID

5501110

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About Benton School District

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

VISION: The Benton School District will be recognized as one of the finest public school districts in the State of Wisconsin with programs insuring that each student will achieve his or her potential and succeed in the world of tomorrow. MISSION: The Benton School District's mission is to provide an educational program designed to effectively and efficiently meet the academic, career, personal, and social needs of its students in the best learning climate possible.
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