📍 211 Border St, Benton, Saline County, 72015
Benton High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Benton, Saline County. The school has 1,319 pupils enrolled. The Principal is C. Barger. It is part of the Benton School District school district. It serves grades 10–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 116.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
Benton High School enrolls 1,319 students across grades 10–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 116.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% White, 13% Hispanic or Latino and 8.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 974 | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 167 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 109 | 8.3% |
| Two or more races | 47 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 16 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
402 of the school's 1,319 students (30%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Benton High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VT-20.
Benton High School is one of 7 schools in BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in BENTON, Arkansas. The district serves 5,806 students district-wide and employs 374 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,319 students, Benton High School is larger than the district average of about 829 students per school.