Enrollment
200
Elementary
DISTRICT 236 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARSHALL·NCES 292041001082
BENTON ELEM.
467 S ELLSWORTH, MARSHALL, MO 65340 · (660) 886-3993 · Saline County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL200 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
117 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 98 | 49% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 51% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 52% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within MARSHALL. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
83.0%
MO avg 49.5% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
MO avg 48.7% . -35.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 35 points.
MO DVT (Growth) results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 94.0% |
Growth Percentile vs Peers, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 31 points, placing it in Missouri's top 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 ELEM.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENTON ELEM. this school | 200 | 58.5% | 80.8% |
| MARK TWAIN ELEM. CARTHAGE | 164 | 57.9% | N/A |
| EASTWOOD ELEM. MARSHALL | 148 | 62.2% | 12.0% |
| Lake Early Learning Center ST. JOSEPH | 211 | 51.7% | N/A |
| EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR. SEDALIA | 260 | 53.8% | N/A |
| BLACKHURST ELEMENTARY ST. CHARLES | 227 | 57.3% | 53.8% |
Matched among Missouri 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 ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Saline County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #24 of 968 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #355 of 974 ▼ 338 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #77 of 974 ▼ 41 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 200 | #953 of 1,294 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #706 of 950 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #130 of 953 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.5% | #477 of 1,165 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #413 of 684 | 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
200
-18 (-8%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 263
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 200 | 14.2 | 14.1:1 | 59% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 215 | 16.1 | 13.4:1 | 62% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 206 | 14.9 | 13.8:1 | 66% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 218 | 14 | 15.6:1 | 69% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 225 | 17.5 | 12.9:1 | 76% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 249 | 15 | 16.6:1 | 78% (194) |
| 2010-11 | 226 | 16 | 14.1:1 | 76% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 220 | 24 | 9.2:1 | 60% (132) |
| 1990-91 | 263 | 16 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BENTON ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (225 to 200); teachers down 19% (17.5 to 14.2).
About BENTON ELEM.
BENTON ELEM. is a small elementary school serving families in MARSHALL, Missouri. In all, 200 students attend the school in grades 3 through 4. The school is 37% below the average for elementary schools in Missouri.
BENTON ELEM. is in MARSHALL, a district with 2,498 students across 7 schools.
More than half of the students at BENTON ELEM. are White (52%). The remaining shares are 27% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 5% Pacific Islander, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Saline County's population at about 79%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BENTON ELEM. scores 64%.
Teacher count: 14.2 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.1:1. The gap from the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri is 1.7 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 59%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. BENTON ELEM. beats its 50.2% prediction with 80.8%, a top-10% result in Missouri.
For the population of Saline County, median household income comes to about $57,931, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Saline County's 20 public schools enroll about 3,543 students and include BENTON ELEM..
A public school about 0.3 miles away, BUEKER MIDDLE, is the closest to BENTON ELEM.. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 7 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 45.4%, lower than BENTON ELEM.'s 80.8%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Remote. That means it sits in a town far from an urbanized area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% decrease, from 218 to 200. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.6:1 to 14.1:1.
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Saline County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,231
Census ACS
Median income
$57,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
3,543 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARSHALL
- MARSHALL SR. HIGHHigh · 827 students
- BUEKER MIDDLEMiddle · 550 students
- SPAINHOWER PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 455 students
- Northwest 5th Grade CenterMiddle · 178 students
- EASTWOOD ELEM.Elementary · 148 students
- Tom Butterfield Early Chld CtrElementary · 140 students
Other schools in MARSHALL
- MARSHALL SR. HIGHHigh · 827 students
- BUEKER MIDDLEMiddle · 550 students
- SPAINHOWER PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 455 students
- Northwest 5th Grade CenterMiddle · 178 students
- EASTWOOD ELEM.Elementary · 148 students
- Tom Butterfield Early Chld CtrElementary · 140 students
Other BENTON Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 8 states are named BENTON Elementary. BENTON ELEM. is the 8th largest of the 10.
- BENTON ELEM.NEOSHO, MO · 523 students
- BENTON ELEM.NEVADA, MO · 173 students
- Benton Elementary SchoolBenton, LA · 595 students
- Benton Elementary SchoolBenton, ME · 575 students
- Benton Elementary SchoolBenton, KY · 528 students
Nearby schools
- BUEKER MIDDLE0.3 mi · 550
- MARSHALL SR. HIGH0.5 mi · 827
- Northwest 5th Grade Center0.5 mi · 178
- EASTWOOD ELEM.0.6 mi · 148
- PRAIRIE VIEW SCHOOL1.3 mi · 6
- SPAINHOWER PRIMARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About BENTON ELEM.How many students attend BENTON ELEM.?
BENTON ELEM. enrolls approximately 200 students in grades 03-04.
What age range does BENTON ELEM. serve?
BENTON ELEM. serves students from grade 03 through grade 04.
How many teachers does BENTON ELEM. have?
BENTON ELEM. employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at BENTON ELEM.?
Student demographics at BENTON ELEM. are roughly 52% White, 27% Hispanic, 3% Black, 14% Two or more.
Is BENTON ELEM. public or private?
BENTON ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by MARSHALL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.