Benton Elementary School

Benton Elementary School operates as a reasonably sized elementary campus in Goshen, Indiana, one of the schools within Fairfield Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 481 students spanning grades K through 6.

Fairfield Community Schools runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,209 students. Benton Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Benton Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest consists of 9% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Elkhart County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Benton Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.0%; this one delivers 55.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Elkhart County) logs that median household income runs about $68,561, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Benton Elementary School is one of 60 public schools in Elkhart County (combined enrollment of about 33,574 students).

Nearest neighbor: Fairfield Jr-Sr High School, around 1.0 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Benton Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 42.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Benton Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 470 students in 2018 to 481 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.