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Benton Cons High School

Public | 9-12 | 563 students
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Posted October 4, 2007
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Overall a good school, but lacking in more advanced course offerings.
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Posted December 18, 2006
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BCHS is a good school with good dedicated teachers. However sports programs, especially basketball and football do get the bulk of attention for funding of extra carricular activities where other programs such as Music suffer and are often left to rely on earning their own money in the community. It is a rural mostly racially homogenous school.
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Posted May 17, 2005
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This is good school with great teachers. Pretty heavy emphasis on basketball (at the expense of other sports), but that is typical for the area. Physical building could use some modernization.
—Submitted by a former student

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The test results by subgroup show how the designated group of students is performing in comparison to the general population.

Grade level

Math

The state average for Math was 52% in 2012.

151 students were tested at this school in 2012.

2012

 
 
44%

2011

 
 
43%

2010

 
 
48%

2009

 
 
43%
Reading

The state average for Reading was 51% in 2012.

151 students were tested at this school in 2012.

2012

 
 
49%

2011

 
 
45%

2010

 
 
53%

2009

 
 
49%
Science

The state average for Science was 52% in 2012.

151 students were tested at this school in 2012.

2012

 
 
40%

2011

 
 
32%

2010

 
 
46%

2009

 
 
39%
Scale: % meeting or exceeding standards

About the tests

In 2011-2012 Illinois used the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) to test students in grade 11 in reading, math and science. The PSAE is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Illinois. The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.

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Source: Illinois State Board of Education

Math

All Students44%
Female47%
Male41%
Blackn/a
Asiann/a
Hispanicn/a
Multiracialn/a
Native Americann/a
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islandern/a
White45%
Low income34%
Non-low income51%
Students with disabilities (IEP)4%
Students without disabilities53%
English language learnersn/a
Migrantn/a

Reading

All Students49%
Female57%
Male41%
Blackn/a
Asiann/a
Hispanicn/a
Multiracialn/a
Native Americann/a
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islandern/a
White48%
Low income34%
Non-low income58%
Students with disabilities (IEP)11%
Students without disabilities57%
English language learnersn/a
Migrantn/a

Science

All Students40%
Female40%
Male40%
Blackn/a
Asiann/a
Hispanicn/a
Multiracialn/a
Native Americann/a
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islandern/a
White41%
Low income25%
Non-low income51%
Students with disabilities (IEP)0%
Students without disabilities49%
English language learnersn/a
Migrantn/a
Scale: % meeting or exceeding standards

About the tests

In 2011-2012 Illinois used the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) to test students in grade 11 in reading, math and science. The PSAE is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Illinois. The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.

The different student groups are identified by the Illinois State Board of Education. If there are a small number of students in a particular group in a school, the state doesn't report data for that group.

See Illinois' state standards

Source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Student ethnicity

Ethnicity This school State average
White 98% 53%
Hispanic 1% 21%
American Indian/Alaska Native 0% 0%
Asian/Pacific Islander 0% 4%
Black 0% 19%
Source: NCES, 2008-2009

Student-teacher ratio

  This school District averageState average
Students per FTE teacher 15N/A17
Source: NCES, 2008-2009

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511 E Main St
Benton, IL 62812
Phone: (618) 439-3103

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