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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
200
-25 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 12.9:1
% White
52%
was 50%
% Hispanic
27%
was 31%
% Black
3%
was 6%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BENTON ELEM.
BENTON ELEM. is an elementary-level community of intimate scale in MARSHALL, Missouri, part of MARSHALL, works with 200 students in grades 3 through 4. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so BENTON ELEM. sits 37% leaner than that benchmark.
Within MARSHALL, which oversees 7 schools and 2,498 students, BENTON ELEM. is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, BENTON ELEM. records that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 5% Pacific Islander, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting BENTON ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, BENTON ELEM. ranks in the top 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.2%; BENTON ELEM. posts 80.8%, +30.6 points above that line.
In the surrounding community, census data for Saline County shows the typical household earns roughly $57,931 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. BENTON ELEM. is one of 20 public schools in Saline County (combined enrollment of about 3,543 students).
Nearest neighbor: BUEKER MIDDLE, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around BENTON ELEM.. On composite proficiency, BENTON ELEM. comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.4%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Over the past 7-year window. BENTON ELEM.'s enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 225 (now 200). Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 31% to 27%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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
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.