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Kelso Elementary, Benton, MO

Kelso Elementary is a public elementary school in Benton, part of Kelso C-7 School District. It enrolled 199 students in 2024-25, with 12.4 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "KELSO ELEM.".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
199
Teachers (FTE)
16.0
Students per teacher
12.4
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 12.4. The Missouri average across schools is 13.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.4
District12.4
Missouri13.0
United States15.3

School details

Address
820 State Hwy a, Benton, MO 63736
Phone
(573)545-3357
District
Kelso C-7 School District
County
Scott County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
291647000895
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
31
Reduced-price lunch
6
Free or reduced-price lunch
3718.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification
19Students 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

Elementary 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.