Benton High School

Benton High School is a school in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. The public school teaches grades 9 through 12. History In 1905, the St. Joseph, Missouri Board of Education charged J. A. Bell with establishing a high school in South St. Joseph. In September of that year, Benton High School opened its doors for the first time as the BOE rented a hall at the corner of King Hill and Colorado Avenues until a new building was to be completed. In November, students moved into those new buildings on the corner of Cumberland and Yale Streets. The school had four rooms that held grades one through 12. In 1929, Benton became a junior-senior high school that offered courses from the 7th through the 12th grade.