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Thomas Benton Elem. is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Columbia, Boone County. The school has 216 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Columbia 93 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.4:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Thomas Benton Elem. enrolls 216 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 60% male and 40% female. A teaching staff of 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Black or African American, 36% White and 15% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 97 | 45% |
| White | 78 | 36% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 4.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
213 of the school's 216 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 213 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Thomas Benton Elem. is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MO-40, state senate district 19, state house district 45.
Thomas Benton Elem. is one of 36 schools in COLUMBIA 93, based in COLUMBIA, Missouri. The district serves 18,640 students district-wide and employs 1,445 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 216 students, Thomas Benton Elem. is smaller than the district average of about 518 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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