Regular local school district · Saline County
Benton School District, AR: schools, enrollment and spending
Benton School District runs 8 public schools with 5,806 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.9 students per teacher is 2.2 higher than the Arkansas figure of 12.7.Listed in NCES data as "BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 5,806
- Teachers (FTE)
- 389
- Students per teacher
- 14.9
- AR: 12.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- Central Office, Benton, AR 72018
- Phone
- (501)778-4861
- County
- Saline County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0502960
- State district ID
- AR-6302000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 721
- School counselors (FTE)
- 14.0About 415 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 20.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.9
Arkansas12.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (5,485), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $62.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.6 million
- State revenue
- $35.4 million
- Local revenue
- $21.4 million
- Total spending
- $62.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,359
- Salaries
- $28.8 million46.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $75.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.0%
- State: 56.8%
- Local: 34.2%
Arkansas overall
- Federal: 16.0%
- State: 47.0%
- Local: 37.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,359
Arkansas$12,724
United States$16,826
Schools in Benton School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 1 secondary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Angie Grant Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 340 | 14.8 |
| Benton High School | High | 10 to 12 | 1,298 | 11.1 |
| Benton Junior High School | Secondary | 8 to 9 | 971 | 17.0 |
| Benton Middle School | Middle | 5 to 7 | 1,363 | 17.3 |
| Caldwell Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 427 | 16.4 |
| Mt. View Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 431 | 16.6 |
| Perrin Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 465 | 15.5 |
| Ringgold Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 511 | 18.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Saline County
- Bryant School District 9,827 students
- Bauxite School District 1,717 students
- HARMONY GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Saline) 1,269 students
- Ua-Ptc Technical Center 0 students
More in Arkansas
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.