Summary:
ZIP code 67209 has one listed school, Benton Elementary, serving prekindergarten through grade 5, in the Wichita district. It enrolls 273 students. In 2025–2026, all-grade proficiency was 42% in English language arts (ELA), 24% in math and 30% in science; the school was above district rates in all three subjects but below Kansas rates in each. The most important concern is math, where Benton’s proficiency was 17 percentage points below the state rate.
Benton Elementary is both the highest- and lowest-performing school in this ZIP code simply because it is the only one listed; there are no local school-to-school comparisons to help families choose among alternatives. Compared with the district, Benton was ahead by 11 percentage points in ELA, 3 in math and 9 in science. Compared with Kansas, it was behind by 4 points in ELA, 17 in math and 8 in science. The math gap is especially notable: it is larger than Benton’s state gaps in the other two subjects. Chronic absenteeism was also high: 31%, compared with 30% districtwide and 18% statewide.
Recent results show a weaker position against the state than the year before. Benton’s ELA proficiency fell from 50% in 2024–2025 to 42% in 2025–2026, shifting from 6 points above the state to 4 points below. Math slipped from 24% to 24% (a decline of 1 point before rounding), while its state gap widened from 14 to 17 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking rose from 24 in 2023–2024 to 32 the following year, then fell to 18 in 2025–2026. Other useful context: the student-teacher ratio was 12.7, and 71% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch. These figures describe the school but do not establish why its results changed.
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