📍 4515 Campbell Airstrip Rd, Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality, 99507
Benson Secondary/S.E.A.R.C.H. is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality. The school has 295 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Anchorage School District school district. It serves grades 7–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
Benson Secondary/S.E.A.R.C.H. enrolls 295 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 22% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 18% Two or more races and 18% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 66 | 22% |
| Two or more races | 54 | 18% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 53 | 18% |
| White | 49 | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 36 | 12% |
| Black or African American | 24 | 8.1% |
| Asian | 13 | 4.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
287 of the school's 295 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Benson Secondary/S.E.A.R.C.H. is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS At-Large.
Benson Secondary/S.E.A.R.C.H. is one of 96 schools in Anchorage School District, based in Anchorage, Alaska. The district serves 42,573 students district-wide and employs 2,424 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 295 students, Benson Secondary/S.E.A.R.C.H. is smaller than the district average of about 443 students per school.
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