Central Elementary School

Located at 115 Jim Goheen Drive, in Benton, Kentucky, Central Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that instructs 480 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Marshall County.

Marshall County runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 4,302 students. Central Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Central Elementary School lists that nearly all students (94%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Central Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.1%; this one delivers 53.2%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Marshall County indicate median household income runs about $65,831, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Marshall County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,302 students), Central Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Marshall County High School, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Central Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 525 students in 2018 compared to 480 in 2025.

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