Benton Elementary School
5488 Hwy 441
Nicholson GA, 30565, Jackson County
Phone: 706-757-2211
Ranking: 
(581 out of 1,747, top 33%)*
(581 out of 1,747, top 33%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Jackson County School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 26 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 30 | 25 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 338 | 330 | 322 | 329 | 331 | 350 | 294 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 27 | 8.0% | 25 | 7.6% | 25 | 7.8% | 24 | 7.3% | 23 | 6.9% | 22 | 6.3% | 23 | 7.8% |
| Kindergarten: | 48 | 14.2% | 60 | 18.2% | 59 | 18.3% | 52 | 15.8% | 52 | 15.7% | 61 | 17.4% | 37 | 12.6% |
| Grade 1: | 52 | 15.4% | 49 | 14.8% | 61 | 18.9% | 50 | 15.2% | 60 | 18.1% | 48 | 13.7% | 39 | 13.3% |
| Grade 2: | 48 | 14.2% | 60 | 18.2% | 49 | 15.2% | 57 | 17.3% | 46 | 13.9% | 50 | 14.3% | 52 | 17.7% |
| Grade 3: | 61 | 18.0% | 50 | 15.2% | 43 | 13.4% | 44 | 13.4% | 47 | 14.2% | 61 | 17.4% | 43 | 14.6% |
| Grade 4: | 52 | 15.4% | 47 | 14.2% | 42 | 13.0% | 43 | 13.1% | 60 | 18.1% | 47 | 13.4% | 50 | 17.0% |
| Grade 5: | 50 | 14.8% | 39 | 11.8% | 43 | 13.4% | 59 | 17.9% | 43 | 13.0% | 61 | 17.4% | 50 | 17.0% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 167 | 49.4% | 167 | 50.6% | 154 | 47.8% | 168 | 51.1% | 166 | 50.2% | 178 | 50.9% | 163 | 55.4% |
| Female: | 171 | 50.6% | 163 | 49.4% | 168 | 52.2% | 161 | 48.9% | 165 | 49.8% | 147 | 42.0% | 125 | 42.5% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.9% | 2 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 10 | 3.4% |
| Asian: | 8 | 2.4% | 10 | 3.0% | 10 | 3.1% | 8 | 2.4% | 8 | 2.4% | 6 | 1.7% | 6 | 2.0% |
| Hispanic: | 79 | 23.4% | 81 | 24.5% | 59 | 18.3% | 61 | 18.5% | 58 | 17.5% | 55 | 15.7% | 57 | 19.4% |
| Black: | 18 | 5.3% | 12 | 3.6% | 16 | 5.0% | 17 | 5.2% | 21 | 6.3% | 23 | 6.6% | 7 | 2.4% |
| White: | 227 | 67.2% | 222 | 67.3% | 231 | 71.7% | 230 | 69.9% | 228 | 68.9% | 249 | 71.1% | 212 | 72.1% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 6 | 1.8% | 5 | 1.5% | 6 | 1.9% | 10 | 3.0% | 14 | 4.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 232 | 68.6% | 241 | 73.0% | 203 | 63.0% | 219 | 66.6% | 203 | 61.3% | 214 | 61.1% | 166 | 56.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 33 | 9.8% | 23 | 7.0% | 32 | 9.9% | 22 | 6.7% | 45 | 13.6% | 38 | 10.9% | 35 | 11.9% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 12.85 | 11.96 | 11.30 | 12.90 | 13.19 | 11.90 | 11.80 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRCT | ||||||
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 75% | 84.9% | 80% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 86.3% | 82.4% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 86.7% | 84.4% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 89.1% | 84% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 91.8% | 87% |
| 2006 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 93.6% | 90% |
| 2007 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 83.4% | 87.8% | 82.3% |
| 2008 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 97.5% | 89.4% | 86.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 93.5% | 87% |
| 2010 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 92.3% | 85% |
| 2006 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 93.2% | 87% |
| 2007 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 95% | 90.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 92.2% | 90.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 94.2% | 90.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 98.2% | 96.7% | 93% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 80% | 88% | 83% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 87.5% | 83.7% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 88.1% | 84.1% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 93.6% | 86.8% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 91.3% | 85% |
| 2006 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 93% | 87% |
| 2007 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 94.9% | 90.2% | 81.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 92.7% | 85.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 93.4% | 87.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 93% | 86% |
| 2006 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 93.4% | 89% |
| 2007 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 93.1% | 91.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 94.2% | 92% |
| 2009 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 95.8% | 91.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 94.8% | 91% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 90.1% | 82% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 90.1% | 85.6% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 92.7% | 87.1% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85% | 89.6% | 86.6% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.8% | 92.3% | 88% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.4% | 92.4% | 89.2% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.7% | 96% | 91% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.8% | 95.9% | 88.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94% | 98.1% | 91% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 94.3% | 90.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 84.2% | 70.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 81.7% | 77.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 85.4% | 79% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 86.9% | 81.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 89.4% | 81% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 87.7% | 78.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84% | 92.5% | 82% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 92.1% | 85.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 93.4% | 87.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90% | 92.2% | 88% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 92.7% | 90% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93% | 95.3% | 90.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 96.5% | 90% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100.0% | 99.1% | 92.1% |
| 2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 96.7% | 85% |
| 2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75% | 82.3% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 87.6% | 74.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.4% | 89.8% | 79.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 90.2% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 90.9% | 80.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 93.2% | 78% |
| 2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 93.1% | 78.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 96.5% | 88% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.4% | 94.3% | 88.6% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.6% | 95.3% | 89% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85% | 83.6% | 76.1% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 88.7% | 79% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 91.1% | 81% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 94.3% | 81% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 94.2% | 83.4% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 79% | 81.5% | 79% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 90.3% | 84.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 91.2% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 93.8% | 86.9% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 91.9% | 87% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 92.9% | 88% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 93.8% | 90% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.0% | 93.6% | 90.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 84% | 79% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 88.2% | 78.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.4% | 82% | 70% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 86.7% | 74.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 87% | 77% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.4% | 90.1% | 81.1% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 90.1% | 81% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 91.0% | 84.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 88.4% | 81% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 92.8% | 84.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 92.6% | 87.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 93% | 87.3% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 93.9% | 89% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 94.3% | 87.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 95.1% | 90% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 96.1% | 92.5% |
| 2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 92.1% | 88% |
| 2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 87.2% | 71.9% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 82.6% | 73.8% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 89.9% | 77.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 90.7% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 91.2% | 79% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 93.4% | 81% |
| 2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 93.2% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 92.8% | 90% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 93.6% | 88.5% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 94.2% | 90.2% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 80% | 83.2% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 88.6% | 74% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 91.8% | 77.4% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 93% | 93.5% | 79% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.0% | 92.1% | 81.3% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 89.8% | 85% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 90.7% | 87.6% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 95.7% | 89.9% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.5% | 94.8% | 91.3% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 96.3% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 98.3% | 98.4% | 93% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 98% | 95% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.7% | 95.9% | 94.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 94.7% | 88% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 94.2% | 88.1% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 88.8% | 71.7% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 90% | 79.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.4% | 92.8% | 82% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 93.7% | 86.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 88.9% | 84% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 100.0% | 94.0% | 89.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 87.3% | 81% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 92.4% | 85.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 93.9% | 87.2% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 91.6% | 87.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 95.6% | 90% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 97.6% | 90.5% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 95.7% | 91% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 100.0% | 95.9% | 92.9% |
| 2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.8% | 92.7% | 89% |
| 2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.8% | 78.9% | 66.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 87.2% | 71.3% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.3% | 88.7% | 76% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 92.5% | 77% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 91.2% | 76.6% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 91.3% | 78% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 100.0% | 92.5% | 79.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.8% | 93.3% | 91% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 92.9% | 88.4% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 95.6% | 89% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 78.4% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 88.6% | 72% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 88.1% | 71.3% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 89.6% | 77% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.7% | 91.9% | 80.5% |
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* Benton Elementary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.