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Benton CCSD 47 School District, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Benton CCSD 47 School District runs 2 public schools with 1,000 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 14.3 students per teacher is about the same as the Illinois figure of 13.7.Listed in NCES data as "Benton CCSD 47".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 1,000
- Teachers (FTE)
- 70
- Students per teacher
- 14.3
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1000 Forrest St, Benton, IL 62812
- Phone
- (618)439-3136
- County
- Franklin County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1705950
- State district ID
- IL-21-028-0470-04
- Total staff (FTE)
- 137
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.3
Illinois13.7
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 (1,071), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $17.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.9 million
- State revenue
- $11.6 million
- Local revenue
- $3.9 million
- Total spending
- $15.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,604
- Salaries
- $6.2 million39.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.1%
- State: 66.6%
- Local: 22.3%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,604
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Benton CCSD 47 School District
By level: 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Benton Grade Sch 5-8CEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 429 | 12.6 |
| Benton Grade Sch K-4CEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 571 | 15.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Franklin County
- Frankfort CUSD 168 1,517 students
- Christopher USD 99 716 students
- Benton Cons HSD 103 School District 604 students
- Sesser-Valier CUSD 196 548 students
- Zeigler-Royalton CUSD 188 489 students
- Thompsonville CUSD 174 294 students
- Ewing Northern CCSD 115 School District 231 students
- Akin CCSD 91 School District 124 students
- Franklin-Jefferson Co Sp Ed Dist 0 students
- Frankln/Johnsn/Massc/Willimsn ROE 0 students
- Franklin County Reg Del System
More in Illinois
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.