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Benton Heights Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Monroe, Union County. The school has 470 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Union County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 43.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1. 20% of students are proficient in reading. 30% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Benton Heights Elementary enrolls 470 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 43.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% Hispanic or Latino, 21% Black or African American and 7.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 320 | 68% |
| Black or African American | 98 | 21% |
| White | 36 | 7.7% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 3.2% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
420 of the school's 470 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 390 qualify for free lunch and 30 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.
Benton Heights Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 NC-80, state senate district 35, state house district 68.
Benton Heights Elementary is one of 52 schools in Union County Public Schools, based in Monroe, North Carolina. The district serves 41,404 students district-wide and employs 2,454 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 470 students, Benton Heights Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 796 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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