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Benton School District

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Benton School District is located close to the center of Arkansas. Benton School District has 112.22 square miles of land area and 0.23 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Benton School District population is 30,491. Benton School District median household income is $54,322 in 2010-2014. Benton School District median house value is $128,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Benton School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(23 out of 238, top 10%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	7
Population	30,491 (2010-2014), rank #20
Population Growth	7.73% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	271.15/sq mi, rank #17
Median Household Income:	$54,322 at 2010-2014—16.90% increase since 2005-2009, rank #16
Median House Price:	$128,300 at 2010-2014—5.60% increase since 2005-2009, rank #30
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	112.22 sq mi, rank #179
Water Area:	0.23 sq mi (0.20%), rank #219
State:	Arkansas
County:	Saline County, Garland County
City:	Benton, Salem CDP, Malvern, Lonsdale, Bauxite, Hot Springs National Park
Zip:	72015, 72019, 72104, 72087, 72011, 71901
Area:	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR;Hot Springs, AR

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Benton School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

500 River St

Benton AR, 72015, Saline County

Phone: 501-778-4861

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	5,009	4,859	4,712	4,750	4,681	4,625	4,578
English Language Learner Students:	185	178	186	178	140	114	105
Total Teachers:	297.82	289.61	287.11	288.36	309.00	310.00	302.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	17.74	19.37	16.17	15.66	28.00	26.00	26.00
Elementary:	133.55	126.36	125.90	126.90	122.00	128.00	127.00
Secondary:	119.36	118.37	118.80	120.16	130.00	125.00	128.00
Ungraded:	27.17	25.51	26.24	25.64	29.00	31.00	21.00
Total Other Staff:	236.40	242.10	236.00	215.00	255.00	234.00	211.00
Instructional Aides:	36.50	31.00	31.00	35.00	43.00	32.00	34.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.00	6.00	3.00	2.00	4.00	2.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	12.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	13.00	13.00	11.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	8.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	9.00	9.00	7.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	9.00	7.00	7.00
Library/Media Support:	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrators:	4.00	6.00	5.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
District Administrative Support:	24.00	23.00	25.00	23.00	22.00	20.00	20.00
School Administrators:	14.50	13.50	17.00	17.00	16.00	16.00	16.00
School Administrative Support:	21.00	29.00	35.00	24.00	27.00	29.00	21.00
Student Support Services:	60.40	60.60	50.00	43.00	56.00	49.00	22.00
Other Support Services:	52.00	52.00	50.00	47.00	59.00	60.00	72.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.82	16.78	16.41	16.47	15.15	14.92	15.16

Schools

Angie Grant Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1124 Hoover St, Benton AR 72015
Benton High School	Grade 10 to Grade 12	211 Border St, Benton AR 72015
Benton Junior High School	Grade 8 to Grade 9	411 Border St, Benton AR 72015
Benton Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 7	204 North Cox St, Benton AR 72015
Caldwell Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1800 West Sevier St, Benton AR 72015
Perrin Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	1201 Smithers Dr, Benton AR 72015
Ringgold Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	536 River St, Benton AR 72015

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ACTAAP Test
2007	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	70%	50%
2008	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	71%	51%
2009	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	75%	56%
2010	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	78%	60%
2011	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	80%	65%
2012	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	82%	68%
2013	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	81%	70%
2005	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	53%	50%
2006	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	57%
2007	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	59%
2008	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	64%
2009	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	66%
2010	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	71%
2011	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	76%
2012	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	82%
2013	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	79%
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	58%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	67%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	75%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	79%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	82%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	83%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	85%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	87%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	86%
2005	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	59%	51%
2006	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	61%	61%
2007	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	62%	58%
2008	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	75%	67%
2009	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	80%	70%
2010	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	84%	77%
2011	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	91%	82%
2012	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	92%	85%
2013	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	92%	85%
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	57%	50%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	60%	60%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73%	65%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82%	74%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	78%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	80%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	82%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	82%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91%	82%
2005	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	53%	47%
2006	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	64%	56%
2007	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	68%	59%
2008	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	70%	64%
2009	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	82%	68%
2010	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	84%	74%
2011	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	85%	77%
2012	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	93%	85%
2013	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	91%	84%
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	52%	41%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58%	50%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	70%	61%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78%	67%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81%	71%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83%	74%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	78%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	87%	76%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81%	70%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55%	43%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	65%	50%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68%	56%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76%	60%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78%	61%
2005	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	62%	57%
2006	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	74%	59%
2007	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	60%	59%
2008	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	71%	63%
2009	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	77%	67%
2010	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	80%	71%
2011	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	78%	71%
2012	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	86%	75%
2013	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	83%	73%
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	46%	43%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	62%	57%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	75%	68%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	77%	72%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	86%	80%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	81%	75%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	85%	77%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	88%	75%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	84%	75%
2005	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	61%	50%
2006	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	68%	53%
2007	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	76%	57%
2008	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	69%	57%
2009	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	75%	63%
2010	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	85%	68%
2011	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	81%	67%
2012	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	87%	80%
2013	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	89%	77%
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	53%	43%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	66%	50%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	77%	58%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	78%	62%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	82%	68%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	87%	75%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	82%	74%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	89%	77%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	88%	70%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	55%	32%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	69%	33%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	71%	39%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	80%	41%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	72%	41%
2005	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	62%	57%
2006	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	68%	66%
2007	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	71%	63%
2008	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	80%	67%
2009	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	79%	71%
2010	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	89%	76%
2011	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	91%	77%
2012	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	93%	80%
2013	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	86%	77%
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	39%	33%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	52%	44%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	57%	47%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76%	56%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	72%	62%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	78%	63%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	75%	63%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	82%	68%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	82%	65%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	73%	65%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	65%	62%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	84%	66%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	88%	70%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	95%	76%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	96%	78%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	96%	80%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	99%	77%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	64%	41%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	57%	36%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	60%	41%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	67%	43%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	67%	44%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	76%	60%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	83%	59%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	93%	60%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	97%	66%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	95%	69%
2011	Geometry	End of course	% met std	93%	73%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	95%	76%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	93%	72%
2006	Literacy	End of course	% met std	66%	45%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$49,180,000	$10,437		$49,022,000	$10,320		$49,150,000	$10,500
Federal:	$4,091,000	$868	8.3%	$4,420,000	$931	9.0%	$4,513,000	$964	9.2%
State:	$25,664,000	$5,447	52.2%	$26,805,000	$5,643	54.7%	$28,517,000	$6,092	58.0%
Local:	$19,425,000	$4,122	39.5%	$17,797,000	$3,747	36.3%	$16,120,000	$3,444	32.8%
Total Expenditures:	$49,578,000	$10,522		$55,506,000	$11,685		$63,965,000	$13,665
Total Current Expenditures:	$37,202,000	$7,895		$36,682,000	$7,723		$35,448,000	$7,573
Instructional Expenditures:	$21,976,000	$4,664	59.1%	$21,933,000	$4,617	59.8%	$21,317,000	$4,554	60.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$4,395,000	$933	11.8%	$4,366,000	$919	11.9%	$4,256,000	$909	12.0%
Administration:	$4,477,000	$950	12.0%	$4,050,000	$853	11.0%	$3,850,000	$822	10.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,354,000	$1,348	17.1%	$6,333,000	$1,333	17.3%	$6,025,000	$1,287	17.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$8,867,000	$1,882		$15,123,000	$3,184		$25,452,000	$5,437
Construction:	$360,000	$76		$167,000	$35		$0	$0
Total Other:	$771,000	$164		$1,149,000	$242		$837,000	$179
Interest on Debt:	$2,632,000	$559		$2,454,000	$517		$2,066,000	$441

Total Salary:	$22,725,000	$4,823		$22,691,000	$4,777		$21,379,000	$4,567
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$14,626,000	$3,104	64.4%	$14,834,000	$3,123	65.4%	$13,971,000	$2,985	65.3%
Other Salary:	$8,099,000	$1,719	35.6%	$7,857,000	$1,654	34.6%	$7,408,000	$1,583	34.7%
Total Benefit:	$6,638,000	$1,409		$6,634,000	$1,397		$6,318,000	$1,350
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,252,000	$902	64.1%	$4,311,000	$908	65.0%	$4,121,000	$880	65.2%
Other Benefit:	$2,386,000	$506	35.9%	$2,323,000	$489	35.0%	$2,197,000	$469	34.8%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	67.9%	NA
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	32.1%	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	20.4%	22.4%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	16.3%	20.5%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	32.1%	26.9%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	21.3%	23.5%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	10.0%	6.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,690.0	$42,929.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,620.0	$36,452.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$37,508.0	$40,129.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$43,877.0	$44,750.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$47,669.0	$47,836.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$49,118.0	$48,611.0

* Benton School District was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.