Benson Hill Elementary School

Set in Renton, Washington, Benson Hill Elementary School is an average-sized primary school, one of the schools within Renton School District. It teaches 477 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 26% above the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Across the 29 schools in Renton School District (14,873 students total), Benson Hill Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Benson Hill Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is Asian (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 23% Hispanic, 15% Black, 13% White, 13% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

In terms of school funding signals, Benson Hill Elementary School lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 50% of students at Benson Hill Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Benson Hill Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.6%; this one delivers 40.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for King County put median household earnings sit near $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Benson Hill Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Glenridge Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Benson Hill Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.7%.

Benson Hill Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Benson Hill Elementary School has ticked down 12%, going from 541 students in 2018 to 477 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 21% to 13% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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