Summary:
Zip code 53803 covers Benton, Wisconsin, and is served by three public schools — Benton Elementary (PK–6, 131 students), Benton Middle (7–8, 31 students), and Benton High (9–12, 61 students) — all part of the Benton School District, which is ranked 175th of 432 districts in Wisconsin. All three schools share the same campus address at 41 Alma St, and together they enroll 223 students, so every grade is small.
Benton Elementary is the largest and most consistent school, holding 3 stars in each of the last three years, with particularly strong 5th-grade math (75% proficient vs. 51.81% statewide) and 4th-grade social studies (80.95% vs. 65.51%). Benton Middle had outstanding 8th-grade results — science 83.33% vs. 51.86% state and social studies 83.33% vs. 64.63% — but its 7th-grade ELA and math both came in around 31.58%, far below state averages. Benton High is the most up-and-down, moving from 4 stars to 2 stars and back to 4 stars; its ACT math and science scores were 60% proficient, well above state, but its ACT English Language Arts was 40% vs. 48.47% state.
Across the district, chronic absenteeism is a genuine bright spot: every school beats the state's 17.3% rate, with Benton Elementary lowest at 7.6% and Benton High highest at 11.5%. The clearest concern is Benton High's graduation rate of 73.3%, compared with 92.0% statewide, even though its dropout rate was 0.0%. Science and social studies are relative strengths district-wide, while ELA is the least consistent subject. Because these schools are so small — Benton Middle has just 31 students — a single student can shift a percentage noticeably, so multi-year patterns are more reliable than any one year's results.
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