Benton High School

As a well-populated 9-12 campus in Benton, Louisiana, Benton High School serves 1,515 students from grades 8 through 12, overseen by Bossier Parish. Enrollment runs roughly 113% bigger than the state mean of about 711.

Benton High School is one of 34 schools operated by Bossier Parish, a district that instructs 22,233 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Benton High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Black, 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bossier Parish runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bossier Parish put the typical household earns roughly $69,617 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Bossier Parish's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,233 students), Benton High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kingston Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Benton High School.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 33%: 1,139 students in 2018 compared to 1,515 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Benton High School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.