Benld Elementary School - Benld, Illinois/IL

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Benld Elementary School

100 E Dorsey St, Benld, IL, 62009-1563 -

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Definition of Terms

Benld Elementary School

School Level

Primary school

Grades Offered

Grades PK - 5

County

Macoupin County, IL

Students & Faculty

Total Students

659 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

37 teachers

Students by Grade

Pre-K - 73 students

Kind - 104 students

Grade 1 - 96 students

Grade 2 - 107 students

Grade 3 - 80 students

Grade 4 - 117 students

Grade 5 - 82 students

This School

(IL) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:18

1:17

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(IL) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	n/a	3%
% Hispanic	n/a	16%
% Black	1%	22%
% White	98%	56%
% Unknown	1 %	5%

Additional Student Information

This School

(IL) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

36%

39%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(IL) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Gillespie Community Unit 7 School District

This School's Agency

(IL) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	3	3
Number of Students Managed	1,312 students	907 students
District Total Revenue	$8,952,000	$8,067,000
District Expenditure	$9,311,000	$8,098,000
District Revenue / Student	$6,823	$8,894
District Expenditure / Student	$7,097	$8,928

State OK spending $22 mil on new school (Jacksonville Journal-Courier)
posted on February 14, 2010 at 06:27:48 am
Gillespie school officials now have the blessing of the state to spend $22 million for a new elementary school to replace one shuttered because of underground mining. Superintendent Paul Skeans told the School Planning and Site Selection Committee...
Plans to replace school advance (The Telegraph)
posted on February 12, 2010 at 03:45:27 am
GILLESPIE - The Gillespie School District received good news from the state about its plans to replace the old Benld Elementary School, which was condemned last year because of mine subsidence.
Benld grade-schoolers move into modular classrooms (The State Journal-Register)
posted on November 24, 2009 at 05:35:37 am
BENLD — Benld Elementary School is settling into its new home, for now. Earlier this month, eight months after the Gillespie School District shut down the school because of mine subsidence, students and staff moved into 30,000 square feet of modular classrooms.
Gillespie school build sites narrowed to 3 (Jacksonville Journal-Courier)
posted on November 22, 2009 at 06:44:22 am
A Gillespie School District committee has narrowed possible locations for a new school to three. The district needs to build a facility to replace the Benld Elementary School, which was closed earlier this year because of structural damage from mine...
Panel narrows Benld School sites to four (The Telegraph)
posted on November 11, 2009 at 01:45:38 am
GILLESPIE - Four sites are in the running as potential locations for the replacement of Benld Elementary School, which was damaged beyond repair by mine subsidence last spring.