Benton Community Senior High School

Set in Van Horne, Iowa, Benton Community Senior High School is a medium-sized senior high, run under Benton Comm School District. It hosts 473 students across grades 9 through 12.

Across the 5 schools in Benton Comm School District (1,614 students total), Benton Community Senior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Benton Community Senior High School lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Benton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Benton County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Benton Community Senior High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 81.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Benton County indicate median household income runs about $86,962, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Benton Community Senior High School is one of 12 public schools in Benton County (combined enrollment of about 3,919 students).

Nearest neighbor: Benton Community Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Benton Community Senior High School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 78.9%.

Benton Community Senior High School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 4%: 456 students in 2018 compared to 473 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 96% to 92%. Class-load math has widened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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