📍 360 S Patagonia St, Benson, Cochise County, 85602
Benson Primary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Benson, Cochise County. The school has 560 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Benson Unified School District (79226) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
Benson Primary School enrolls 560 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 30 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% White, 32% Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 338 | 60% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 177 | 32% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 4.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 8 | 1.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
302 of the school's 560 students (54%) 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 Primary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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 OK-60.
Benson Primary School is one of 5 schools in Benson Unified School District (79226), based in BENSON, Arizona. The district serves 1,287 students district-wide and employs 77 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 560 students, Benson Primary School is larger than the district average of about 257 students per school.
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