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Schools in Benson

Benson’s public schools

Roanoke-Benson Community Unit School District 60 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Benson. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 104% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
51%
2020–21
Math proficiency
33%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.4K
▼ 20% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.1
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
449 students on the public path
In brief

Benson’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Benson’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Roanoke-Benson Jr High School places highest (better than 86%); Roanoke-Benson High School lowest (73%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Benson, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Sowers Elementary Schoolin RoanokeA−
5–8Roanoke-Benson Jr High SchoolRoanoke-Benson Community Unit School District 60A
9–12Roanoke-Benson High Schoolin RoanokeB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Roanoke-Benson Community Unit School District 60.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Roanoke-Benson Community Unit School District 60Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 449 students · 11.1 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,357IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading51%
State average 29.9% · 242 students tested
Math33%
State average 25.8% · 251 students tested

Benson vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Benson’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Benson—Roanoke-Benson Community Unit School District 60

Every school in Benson

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Bensonin other towns
Sowers Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Roanoke
A−
161 students12:1Rate it →
Roanoke-Benson Jr High School
Middle · Grades 5–8
A
142 students13:1Rate it →
Roanoke-Benson High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Roanoke
B+
146 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Benson’s schools

Are Benson’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Benson. Roanoke-Benson Community Unit School District 60 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Benson. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Benson in?

Roanoke-Benson Community Unit School District 60.

Where do Benson kids go to high school?

Roanoke-Benson High School.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.