About Benton CCSD 47
Benton CCSD 47 is a public school system serving Franklin County, Illinois, based in Benton. It serves 1,000 students across 2 schools spanning PreK–8, and is classified as a town: remote district. By enrollment it is the #376 largest of Illinois’s 862 school systems.
Size and structure
Benton CCSD 47 enrolls 1,000 students in 2 schools — an average of about 500 students per school. It serves grades PreK–8 and ranks #376 of 862 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Benton CCSD 47, from the NCES Common Core of Data (1,000 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Benton CCSD 47 employs about 71 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.2:1 — above the Illinois average of about 13.6:1. Total district staff is roughly 137.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Illinois funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Benton CCSD 47 are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Illinois publishes the Illinois Report Card each year, reporting achievement and growth in English language arts and math, graduation, attendance, finances and climate, and assigns each school a summative designation (Exemplary, Commendable, Targeted or Comprehensive Support). Look up Benton CCSD 47 on the Illinois Report Card.
Accreditation status
Illinois does not use an outside accreditor for public districts; the Illinois State Board of Education grants official recognition status based on compliance with state standards, and private accreditation (for example through Cognia) is voluntary. See ISBE’s public-school recognition.
Benton CCSD 47 vs. Illinois
See every Illinois district side by side in the Illinois directory.
Look up Benton CCSD 47’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):