Elementary · Maine
Benton Elementary School
Benton Elementary School, a public elementary school in Benton, Maine: grades k–6, 575 students, 12.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of RSU 49/MSAD 49.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 575
- Teachers (FTE)
- 46.6
- Students per teacher
- 12.3
- Grades
- K–6
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 80% of elementary schools in Maine
Median 10.6 · 348 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 75% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 96% of elementary schools in Maine
Median 208 · 348 schools compared
Larger than 77% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–6
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Rural area near a city
- Run by
- RSU 49/MSAD 49
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with RSU 49/MSAD 49.
Location
- Address
- 68 School Drive, Benton, ME 04901
- Phone
- (207)453-4240
- County
- Kennebec County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–6 | 581 | 11.9 | |
| Pre-K–3 | 532 | 12.5 | |
| 4–5 | 237 | 11.6 | |
| Pre-K–6 | 252 | 11.1 | |
| 3–5 | 222 | 12.2 | |
| Pre-K–2 | 194 | 12.4 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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