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Benton, Illinois - 1 schools
An equity score of 45/100 ranks Benton Cons Hsd 103 #231 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,867 per pupil, Benton Cons Hsd 103 ranks #357 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
577
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$16,867
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Benton Cons Hsd 103 operates 1 public schools serving 577 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Franklin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,867 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 40.9% local, 47.3% state, and 11.8% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 45/100, ranked #231 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 302:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 39.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.1% White, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Benton Cons High School, enrolling 604 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Benton Cons High School accounts for 100.0% of all Benton Cons Hsd 103 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Benton Cons Hsd 103 a distant remainder — means Benton Cons Hsd 103-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Benton Cons Hsd 103 student-counselor ratio is 302:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Benton Cons Hsd 103 is typically wider than the Benton Cons Hsd 103-aggregate figure suggests.
Benton Cons Hsd 103 chronic absenteeism rate is 39.1% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.