Secondary · Regular · Grades 8 to 9

Benton Junior High School, Benton, AR

Benton Junior High School is a public secondary school in Benton, part of Benton School District. It enrolled 971 students in 2024-25, with 17.0 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "BENTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 971
Teachers (FTE): 57.0
Students per teacher: 17.0
Grades: 8 to 9

This school's ratio is 2.1 higher than the district figure of 14.9. The Arkansas average across schools is 12.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.0

District14.9

Arkansas12.7

United States15.3

School details

Address: Junior High School, Benton, AR 72019
Phone: (501)778-7698
District: Benton School District
County: Saline County
Level: Secondary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 050296000065

Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 257
Reduced-price lunch: 98
Free or reduced-price lunch: 35536.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 88Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.