BENTON ELEM.

BENTON ELEM. operates as a substantial primary school in NEOSHO, Missouri, operated by NEOSHO SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 523 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 66% above typical.

Across the 9 schools in NEOSHO SCHOOL DISTRICT (4,998 students total), BENTON ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, BENTON ELEM. records that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 29% Hispanic, 11% Pacific Islander, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, BENTON ELEM. logs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting BENTON ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Newton County's rate of about 57%.

With demographic context factored in, BENTON ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.9%, the actual is 50.0%, a residual of +0.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Newton County shows median household earnings sit near $66,301, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Newton County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,567 students), BENTON ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

RISE Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BENTON ELEM. comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.6%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 10%: 476 students in 2018 compared to 523 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 60% to 51% over that span.

Inside the community feed, the feed for BENTON ELEM. typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.