Benton School District Superintendent Todd Bastian (2023) | Benton School District
Benton School District Superintendent Todd Bastian (2023) | Benton School District
Data showed that 224 students were enrolled in the Benton School District during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 5.8% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.
Benton School District roughly covers four schools within Lafayette County and has a main office in Benton.
Among the four schools in Benton School District, Benton Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of eight students.
In Wisconsin, white students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnicity. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.
Graduation rates for Black and multiracial students lagged behind white students by 10%.
Even further behind, only 71.6% of Hispanic students completed their high school education during the same period, one of the lowest graduation rates in the state.
| Year | Total District Enrollment | Total Hispanic Students | Hispanic % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 224 | 13 | 5.8% |
| 2021-22 | 216 | 12 | 5.6% |
| 2020-21 | 204 | 8 | 3.9% |
| 2019-20 | 206 | 4 | 1.9% |
| 2018-19 | 200 | 4 | 2% |
| 2017-18 | 206 | 3 | 1.5% |
| 2016-17 | 236 | 5 | 2.1% |
| 2015-16 | 239 | 3 | 1.3% |
| 2014-15 | 254 | 4 | 1.6% |
| 2013-14 | 250 | 3 | 1.2% |
| 2012-13 | 248 | 5 | 2% |
| 2011-12 | 229 | 6 | 2.6% |
| 2010-11 | 237 | 6 | 2.5% |
| 2009-10 | 236 | 3 | 1.3% |
| 2008-09 | 252 | 2 | 0.8% |
| 2007-08 | 241 | 5 | 2.1% |
| 2006-07 | 259 | 2 | 0.8% |
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