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Benton Middle School, Benton, AR

Benton Middle School is a public middle school in Benton, part of Benton School District. It enrolled 1,363 students in 2024-25, with 17.3 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "BENTON MIDDLE SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
1,363
Teachers (FTE)
79.0
Students per teacher
17.3
Grades
5 to 7

This school's ratio is 2.4 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 school17.3
District14.9
Arkansas12.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
Benton Middle School, Benton, AR 72019
Phone
(501)776-5740
District
Benton School District
County
Saline County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
050296000068
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
433
Reduced-price lunch
159
Free or reduced-price lunch
59243.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification
121Students 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.

Related schools

Middle schools elsewhere in Benton

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

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.