Benton Middle

Benton Middle operates as a rural-scale junior high in Benton, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Benton School District. Current enrollment sits at 31 students spanning grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Benton Middle sits 92% leaner than that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, Benton Middle reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 6% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lafayette County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Benton Middle 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 46.0%; this one delivers 64.2%, a residual of +18.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for Lafayette County shows median household earnings sit near $76,462, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Benton Middle is one of 17 public schools in Lafayette County (combined enrollment of about 2,658 students).

The closest other public school is Benton High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Benton Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 59.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Benton Middle's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 31 (now 31). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Benton Middle typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.