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Benton, Wisconsin - 3 schools
An equity score of 87/100 ranks Benton School District #15 of 403 districts in Wisconsin (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,255 per pupil, Benton School District ranks #60 of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending (Wisconsin districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
224
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$17,255
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Benton School District operates 3 public schools serving 224 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Wisconsin. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Lafayette County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,255 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending. See how Wisconsin compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 30.9% local, 55.4% state, and 13.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 87/100, ranked #15 of 403 in Wisconsin against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), and 16.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.3% White, 6.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Benton Elementary, with a diversity index of 15.7/100.
Its largest campus is Benton Elementary, enrolling 131 students (59% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Benton Middle, at 31 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Benton Elementary accounts for 58.5% of all Benton School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Benton School District a distant remainder — means Benton School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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 School District school enrollment varies 4.2× across entities
Benton School District school enrollment ranges from 31 students (lowest) to 131 students (highest), a spread of 100 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Benton School District chronic absenteeism rate is 16.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Benton School District is typically wider than the Benton School District-aggregate figure suggests.