📍 411 Border St, Benton, Saline County, 72015
Benton Junior High School is a State/Public serving secondary age pupils, located in Benton, Saline County. The school has 943 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Melissa White. It is part of the Benton School District school district. It serves grades 8–9 in a suburban setting. The school employs 62.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
Benton Junior High School enrolls 943 students across grades 8–9. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 62.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% White, 9.9% Hispanic or Latino and 9.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 686 | 73% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 93 | 9.9% |
| Black or African American | 93 | 9.9% |
| Two or more races | 52 | 5.5% |
| Asian | 17 | 1.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
370 of the school's 943 students (39%) 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 Junior High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VT-20.
Benton Junior 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 943 students, Benton Junior High School is close to the district average of about 829 students per school.
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