Benton High

Benton High, a micro-enrollment secondary school in Benton, Wisconsin, part of Benton School District, serves 61 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Benton High sits 87% below that benchmark.

Benton School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 223 students; Benton High is among them.

In terms of who attends, Benton High shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Lafayette County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 33% of students at Benton High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lafayette County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Benton High is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 57.5%; this one delivers 77.5%, a residual of +20.0 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lafayette County put median household income runs about $76,462, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Benton High is one of 17 public schools in Lafayette County (combined enrollment of about 2,658 students).

Nearest neighbor: Benton Middle, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Benton High comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 57.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Benton High has ticked down 13%, going from 70 students in 2018 to 61 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 1% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

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