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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361746001554
BENTON HALL ACADEMY
1 WARD SQ, LITTLE FALLS, NY 13365 · (315) 823-1400 · Herkimer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
216 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 72% · 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 LITTLE FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 49.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 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 HALL ACADEMY
BENTON HALL ACADEMY's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENTON HALL ACADEMY this school | 441 | 49.0% | 44.5% |
| J E LANIGAN SCHOOL FULTON | 436 | 49.8% | 28.8% |
| COHEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELMIRA HEIGHTS | 443 | 49.7% | 41.3% |
| MILLARD HAWK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CENTRAL SQUARE | 446 | 47.8% | 40.3% |
| SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SINCLAIRVILLE | 413 | 48.2% | 44.8% |
| A A GATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT BYRON | 447 | 46.5% | 43.1% |
Matched among New York 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 HALL ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Herkimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #1,409 of 2,335 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,291 of 2,342 ▲ 60 | #3 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,620 of 2,343 ▲ 8 | #4 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #1,122 of 2,585 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #876 of 2,338 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.4% | #2,159 of 2,388 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.0% | #1,441 of 2,534 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #789 of 1,757 | #3 of 7 |
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
441
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 500
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 441 | 39.8 | 11.1:1 | 49% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 40 | 11.3:1 | 45% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 39.9 | 12.0:1 | 56% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | 42 | 10.8:1 | 58% (262) |
| 2017-18 | 527 | 39.4 | 13.4:1 | 58% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 39 | 12.0:1 | 61% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 43 | 12.5:1 | 51% (275) |
| 2000-01 | 565 | 44 | 12.8:1 | 48% (274) |
| 1990-91 | 500 | 30 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BENTON HALL ACADEMY.
About BENTON HALL ACADEMY
BENTON HALL ACADEMY is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in LITTLE FALLS, New York. It had 441 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
LITTLE FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 1,005 students in 3 schools, including BENTON HALL ACADEMY.
The share of White students at BENTON HALL ACADEMY is 90%. Enrollment also includes 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Herkimer County overall, the White share is about 92%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 17%.
BENTON HALL ACADEMY lists 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.1 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. About 49% of students at BENTON HALL ACADEMY are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
BENTON HALL ACADEMY earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 34% of New York public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, BENTON HALL ACADEMY falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 44.5% actual against 57.0% predicted.
The school's county is Herkimer County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $68,515, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. BENTON HALL ACADEMY shares Herkimer County with 24 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, BENTON HALL ACADEMY is closest to LITTLE FALLS HIGH SCHOOL, about 1.4 miles away. BENTON HALL ACADEMY has 2 other public schools within five miles. BENTON HALL ACADEMY's average proficiency of 44.5% compares with 46.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale data from NCES put BENTON HALL ACADEMY in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
Federal enrollment counts fell from 455 (2020-21) to 441 (2024-25).
BENTON HALL ACADEMY has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Herkimer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,757
Census ACS
Median income
$68,515
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
9,619 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LITTLE FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LITTLE FALLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 331 students
- LITTLE FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 233 students
Other schools in LITTLE FALLS
- LITTLE FALLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 331 students
- LITTLE FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 233 students
Nearby schools
- LITTLE FALLS HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 331
- LITTLE FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 233
- HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.4 mi · 533
- JAMES A GREEN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL5.5 mi · 369
- DOLGEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.5 mi · 419
- HERKIMER-FULTON-HAMILTON-OTSEGO BOCES5.7 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About BENTON HALL ACADEMYHow large is BENTON HALL ACADEMY?
BENTON HALL ACADEMY enrolls approximately 441 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BENTON HALL ACADEMY serve?
BENTON HALL ACADEMY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does BENTON HALL ACADEMY have?
BENTON HALL ACADEMY employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BENTON HALL ACADEMY?
At BENTON HALL ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is BENTON HALL ACADEMY in?
BENTON HALL ACADEMY is part of LITTLE FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.