Benton Cons High School

Benton Cons High School operates as a small secondary school in Benton, Illinois, one of the schools within Benton Cons HSD 103. Current enrollment sits at 604 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 28% smaller than the state mean of about 834.

Benton Cons High School sits inside Benton Cons HSD 103, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Benton Cons High School lists that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Benton Cons High School records 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Benton Cons High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.0%, the actual is 38.7%, a residual of -3.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Franklin County reports that median household income runs about $56,740, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Franklin County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,523 students), of which Benton Cons High School is one.

The closest other public school is Benton Grade Sch 5-8, roughly 0.6 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Benton Cons High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.2%.

Benton Cons High School operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 10%: 547 students in 2018 compared to 604 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 95% to 90%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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