Regular local school district · Lafayette County
Benton School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Benton School District runs 3 public schools with 223 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 9.7 students per teacher is 4.3 lower than the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 223
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23
- Students per teacher
- 9.7
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 41 Alma St, Benton, WI 53803
- Phone
- (608)759-4002
- County
- Lafayette County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5501110
- State district ID
- WI-0427
- Total staff (FTE)
- 44
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.7
Wisconsin14.0
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 (204), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $339,000
- State revenue
- $2.5 million
- Local revenue
- $1.3 million
- Total spending
- $3.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,108
- Salaries
- $1.7 million44.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $104,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 60.8%
- Local: 30.9%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,108
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Benton School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Benton Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 131 | 10.1 |
| Benton High | High | 9 to 12 | 61 | 8.7 |
| Benton Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 31 | 15.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lafayette County
- Darlington Community School District 899 students
- Belmont Community School District 381 students
- Pecatonica Area School District 369 students
- Black Hawk School District 335 students
- Shullsburg School District 325 students
- Argyle School District 297 students
More in Wisconsin
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.