Summary:
ZIP code 53803 is served by exactly one public high school — Benton High, serving grades 9–12 in the small community of Benton, Wisconsin, as part of the Benton School District, with 61 students enrolled. Because there is only one high school in this ZIP code, families have no in-district alternative to compare it with, but its results can still be measured against Wisconsin averages and against its own history from year to year.
Benton High's strongest current results are in math and science: in 2025–2026, 60% of students were proficient in ACT math and 60% in ACT science, compared with state figures of 42.93% and 43.2%. Social studies has also run above state — 86.67% proficient in 2024–2025 (state 47.67%) and 50% in 2025–2026 (state 48.25%). Dropout is 0.0% versus the state's 1.1%, and chronic absenteeism is 11.5% versus the state's 17.3% (the district figure is 9.0%). The school also reports a student-teacher ratio of 8.4 and per-student spending of $19,951, suggesting a small, relatively well-resourced learning environment, though those facts on their own do not explain outcomes.
The clearest concern is the graduation rate of 73.3%, well below the state's 92.0%. English Language Arts has also been below state in both reported years: 40% vs 48.47% in 2025–2026 and 33.33% vs 48.62% in 2024–2025, making it the one 2025–2026 subject under the state average. Rankings have swung widely — 4 stars and 70th percentile in 2023–2024, 2 stars and 43rd percentile in 2024–2025, then back to 4 stars and 70th percentile in 2025–2026 — a pattern common in very small schools, where a few students can shift results noticeably. The school's overall average proficiency across the four 2025–2026 subjects (about 52.5%) sits above the state average (about 45.7%), so the picture is mixed rather than uniformly strong or weak.
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