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How has Benton Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARSHALL COUNTY·NCES 210381000971
Benton Elementary School
208 W 11th St, Benton, KY 42025 · (270) 527-3373 · Marshall County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
329 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
53.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
51.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Benton Elementary School
Benton Elementary School's state test result (50.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benton Elementary School this school | 528 | 62.3% | 50.1% |
| North Washington Elementary School Willisburg | 536 | 62.7% | 42.9% |
| Mapleton Elementary School Mount Sterling | 524 | 62.4% | 49.8% |
| Lewisburg Elementary School Lewisburg | 500 | 61.2% | 40.8% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School Hodgenville | 482 | 61.0% | 38.9% |
| Crossroads Elementary Mount Washington | 469 | 62.0% | 28.9% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Benton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Marshall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #228 of 669 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #219 of 668 | #4 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #282 of 674 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #205 of 744 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #488 of 674 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.7% | #473 of 674 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.3% | #431 of 721 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #319 of 437 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
528
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 590
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 528 | 33.1 | 16.0:1 | 62% (329) |
| 2023-24 | 536 | 33.1 | 16.2:1 | 62% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 527 | 32.3 | 16.3:1 | 51% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 540 | 34 | 15.9:1 | 57% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 565 | 34.8 | 16.2:1 | 56% (317) |
| 2015-16 | 612 | 32 | 19.1:1 | 52% (317) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 35 | 17.3:1 | 50% (304) |
| 2000-01 | 510 | 22 | 23.2:1 | 53% (270) |
| 1990-91 | 590 | 28 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (565 to 528); teachers down 5% (34.8 to 33.1).
About Benton Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in Benton, Kentucky, Benton Elementary School is part of Marshall County. The school reports 528 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 25% bigger than the 421 average for elementary schools in Kentucky.
Marshall County is the local district for Benton Elementary School. It runs 11 schools with 4,302 students.
At Benton Elementary School, White students make up 91% of the student body. The school is also 5% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Benton Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 18%.
The school has about 16.0 students per teacher and 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Kentucky have a similar average ratio of 15.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 62% of students.
Benton Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 67% of Kentucky public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Benton Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Kentucky is predicted to score 41.9%. Benton Elementary School scores 50.1%, 8.2 points above that line.
Within Marshall County, median household income is about $65,831, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Federal data list 12 public schools in Marshall County, with a combined enrollment of about 4,302.
Purchase Youth Village is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Benton Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Benton Elementary School is Town: Distant.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (540) to 2024-25 (528).
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Marshall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,743
Census ACS
Median income
$65,831
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
4,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marshall County
- Marshall County High SchoolHigh · 1,201 students
- North Marshall Middle SchoolMiddle · 487 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- South Marshall MiddleMiddle · 432 students
- Calvert City Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Sharpe Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
Other schools in Benton
- Marshall County High SchoolHigh · 1,201 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- South Marshall MiddleMiddle · 432 students
- Sharpe Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
- Jonathan Elementary SchoolElementary · 241 students
- South Marshall Elementary SchoolElementary · 241 students
Other Benton Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 8 states are named Benton Elementary. Benton Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 10.
- Benton Elementary SchoolBenton, LA · 595 students
- Benton Elementary SchoolBenton, ME · 575 students
- BENTON ELEM.NEOSHO, MO · 523 students
- Benton Elementary SchoolGoshen, IN · 481 students
- Benton ElementaryBenton, TN · 421 students
Nearby schools
- Purchase Youth Village0.9 mi · 22
- South Marshall Middle2.7 mi · 432
- MC Academy3.9 mi · 100
- Marshall County High School3.9 mi · 1,201
- South Marshall Elementary School4.5 mi · 241
- Central Elementary School4.8 mi · 480
Frequently asked questions
About Benton Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Benton Elementary School?
Benton Elementary School enrolls approximately 528 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Benton Elementary School serve?
Benton Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Benton Elementary School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Benton Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Benton Elementary School?
Student demographics at Benton Elementary School are roughly 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Benton Elementary School in?
Benton Elementary School is part of Marshall County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.