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Benton Cons HSD 103


At a glance
427thof 811 Illinois districts▼ 95
Better than 47% of Illinois districts
High 1Grades 9-12
511 E Main St
Benton, IL 62812-2522
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Statewide performance 2017–2025
2025: better than 47.3% of districts
1
School
604
Students
Top rankedBenton Cons High School302nd of 698 Illinois high schools
Summary:

Benton Cons HSD 103 is a single-school district in Illinois, serving students at Benton Cons High School. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with a statewide ranking ranging from 249 out of 697 Illinois high schools in 2023-2024 to 415 out of 699 in 2022-2023. Its performance rating has also varied, from 3 out of 5 stars in 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 to 2 out of 5 stars in 2022-2023.

Academically, Benton Cons High School has struggled to match state averages. Its proficiency rates in ACT/English Language Arts (51.4%), ACT/Mathematics (35.2%), and ACT/Science (47.9%) for the 2024-2025 school year were all lower than the state averages. The school's proficiency rates in other standardized tests, such as PreACT Secure and SAT, were also generally below state levels. Additionally, the school's four-year graduation rate of 89.0% for 2024-2025 is slightly lower than the state average, while its dropout rate of 2.4% is slightly higher.

Benton Cons High School faces some demographic and financial challenges as well. The school has a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 52.26% for the 2023-2024 school year, and its per-student spending of $15,769 for the same year is higher than the state average. The school's student-teacher ratio of 13.4 for 2023-2024 is slightly lower than the state average. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% for the 2024-2025 school year is significantly higher than the state average, which may be contributing to its academic performance challenges.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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