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Benton Community School Corporation is located in northwest Indiana. Benton Community School Corporation has 469.59 square miles of land area and 0.83 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Benton Community School Corporation population is 11,140. Benton Community School Corporation median household income is $50,747 in 2010-2014. Benton Community School Corporation median house value is $93,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Benton Community School Corporation is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (134 out of 289, top 46%) Elementary/Middle School: (126 out of 289, top 44%)* Rank: #131
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	11,140 (2010-2014), rank #147
Population Growth	-3.63% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	23.68/sq mi, rank #284
Median Household Income:	$50,747 at 2010-2014—3.01% increase since 2005-2009, rank #121
Median House Price:	$93,300 at 2010-2014—2.75% increase since 2005-2009, rank #217
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	469.59 sq mi, rank #1
Water Area:	0.83 sq mi (0.18%), rank #120
State:	Indiana
County:	Warren County, Tippecanoe County, Benton County
City:	Otterbein, Ambia, Boswell, Williamsport, West Lafayette, Attica, Montmorenci, Fowler, Goodland, Remington, Earl Park, Oxford, Pine Village
Zip:	47970, 47917, 47921, 47993, 47906, 47918, 47944, 47948, 47977, 47942, 47971, 47975
Area:	Lafayette, IN

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Benton Community School Corporation Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

405 South Grant Ave

Fowler IN, 47944, Benton County

Phone: 765-884-0850

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,890	1,850	1,880	1,860	1,867	1,836	1,931
English Language Learner Students:	57	50	49	51	63	53	20
Total Teachers:	122.71	123.71	120.95	122.00	130.00	130.00	139.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	7.21	7.55	1.10	1.00	9.00	7.00	10.00
Elementary:	54.79	55.45	70.28	59.00	58.00	60.00	60.00
Secondary:	60.71	60.71	49.57	62.00	62.00	62.00	68.00
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total Other Staff:	233.50	233.00	222.00	137.00	177.00	158.00	165.00
Instructional Aides:	64.00	63.50	58.00	NA	60.00	41.00	41.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	6.00	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	2.00	4.00	3.00
District Administrators:	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	2.00	2.00	0.00	2.00	0.00	3.00	0.00
School Administrators:	7.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	7.00	7.00	8.00
School Administrative Support:	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	9.00	15.00
Student Support Services:	25.50	27.50	28.00	NA	4.00	1.00	2.00
Other Support Services:	114.00	110.00	106.00	104.00	86.00	82.00	85.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.40	14.95	15.54	15.25	14.36	14.12	13.89

Schools

Benton Central Jr-Sr High School	Grade 7 to Grade 12	4241 East 300 South, Oxford IN 47971
Boswell Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	414 West Main St, Boswell IN 47921
Otterbein Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	111 West Oxford St, Otterbein IN 47970
Prairie Crossing Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	2758 South 400 East, Oxford IN 47971

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ECA Test
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	68%	61%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	80.9%	72.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	69.5%	N/A
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	33%	37%
2011	Biology I	End of course	% met std	40.6%	46.9%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	34.8%	N/A
2010	English 10	End of course	% met std	62%	63%
2011	English 10	End of course	% met std	78.5%	71.9%
2012	English 10	End of course	% met std	84.8%	N/A
ISTEP+ Test
2005	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	70%	68%
2006	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	68%	68%
2007	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	70%	67%
2008	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	74%	68%
2009	English/Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	73%	67%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	66%	64%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	68%	64%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	72%	65%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	67%	66%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	76%	65%
2004	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	75%
2005	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	75%
2006	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	74%
2007	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	73%
2008	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	76%
2009	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	74%
2010	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	79%
2011	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	89.3%	83%
2012	English/Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	85%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	72%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	73%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	73%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	72%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	70%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	72%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	76%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	78%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.6%	79%
2005	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	73%	73%
2006	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	79%	74%
2007	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	67%	75%
2008	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	82%	74%
2009	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	67%	73%
2010	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	86%	77%
2011	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	82%
2012	English/Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	80.3%	82%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75%	73%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80%	75%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70%	74%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77%	75%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79%	70%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86%	75%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	70%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.5%	79%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76%	71%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87%	75%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.1%	76%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.4%	78%
2005	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	74%	72%
2006	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	70%	73%
2007	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	83%	75%
2008	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	69%	74%
2009	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	76%	71%
2010	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	84%	71%
2011	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	83.8%	75%
2012	English/Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	85.2%	78%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75%	72%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79%	76%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77%	77%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79%	77%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90%	81%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.5%	86%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.9%	86%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	72%	60%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	82%	64%
2011	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	67%
2012	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	83%	67%
2004	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	77%	69%
2005	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	67%	70%
2006	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	71%	71%
2007	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	74%	71%
2008	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	81%	71%
2009	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	73%	69%
2010	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	81%	72%
2011	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	74.8%	76%
2012	English/Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	85.8%	78%
2004	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80%	73%
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81%	74%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85%	78%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83%	80%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88%	80%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86%	72%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88%	76%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.4%	80%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.9%	82%
2009	Science	6th Grade	% met std	51%	54%
2010	Science	6th Grade	% met std	65%	58%
2011	Science	6th Grade	% met std	65.9%	62%
2012	Science	6th Grade	% met std	76.6%	64%
2005	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	66%	69%
2006	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	62%	68%
2007	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	65%	68%
2008	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	64%	70%
2009	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	70%	67%
2010	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	72%	72%
2011	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	78.3%	77%
2012	English/Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	66.2%	75%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74%	73%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80%	76%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81%	78%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70%	69%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71%	73%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	75%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.9%	78%
2009	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	63%	57%
2010	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	63%	64%
2011	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	73.6%	68%
2012	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	75.2%	71%
2004	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	60%	65%
2005	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	62%	68%
2006	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	67%	68%
2007	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	66%	67%
2008	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	64%	69%
2009	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	64%	65%
2010	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	64%	69%
2011	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	63%	72%
2012	English/Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	73%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84%	71%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76%	72%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79%	72%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78%	71%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76%	74%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67%	66%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70%	72%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.6%	77%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.6%	80%
2005	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	64%	66%
2006	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	61%	67%
2007	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	70%	68%
2008	English/Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	68%	66%
2005	Math	9th Grade	% met std	71%	68%
2006	Math	9th Grade	% met std	72%	71%
2007	Math	9th Grade	% met std	63%	67%
2008	Math	9th Grade	% met std	73%	70%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$24,363,000	$12,959		$23,790,000	$12,790		$29,342,000	$15,716
Federal:	$617,000	$328	2.5%	$313,000	$168	1.3%	$1,334,000	$715	4.5%
State:	$15,423,000	$8,204	63.3%	$15,005,000	$8,067	63.1%	$15,112,000	$8,094	51.5%
Local:	$8,323,000	$4,427	34.2%	$8,472,000	$4,555	35.6%	$12,896,000	$6,907	44.0%
Total Expenditures:	$21,165,000	$11,258		$22,166,000	$11,917		$21,679,000	$11,612
Total Current Expenditures:	$18,552,000	$9,868		$19,075,000	$10,255		$18,715,000	$10,024
Instructional Expenditures:	$10,375,000	$5,519	55.9%	$11,144,000	$5,991	58.4%	$10,753,000	$5,760	57.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,181,000	$628	6.4%	$1,120,000	$602	5.9%	$1,342,000	$719	7.2%
Administration:	$2,060,000	$1,096	11.1%	$2,061,000	$1,108	10.8%	$1,985,000	$1,063	10.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,936,000	$2,626	26.6%	$4,750,000	$2,554	24.9%	$4,635,000	$2,483	24.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,256,000	$668		$1,576,000	$847		$1,338,000	$717
Construction:	$402,000	$214		$334,000	$180		$232,000	$124
Total Other:	$11,000	$6		$45,000	$24		$58,000	$31
Interest on Debt:	$1,194,000	$635		$1,318,000	$709		$1,371,000	$734

Total Salary:	$10,308,000	$5,483		$11,286,000	$6,068		$11,326,000	$6,066
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$6,664,000	$3,545	64.6%	$7,590,000	$4,081	67.3%	$7,446,000	$3,988	65.7%
Other Salary:	$3,644,000	$1,938	35.4%	$3,696,000	$1,987	32.7%	$3,880,000	$2,078	34.3%
Total Benefit:	$5,679,000	$3,021		$5,437,000	$2,923		$5,106,000	$2,735
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,570,000	$1,899	62.9%	$3,436,000	$1,847	63.2%	$3,198,000	$1,713	62.6%
Other Benefit:	$2,109,000	$1,122	37.1%	$2,001,000	$1,076	36.8%	$1,908,000	$1,022	37.4%

* Benton Community School Corporation was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.