📍 360 S Patagonia St, Benson, Cochise County, 85602
Benson Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Benson, Cochise County. The school has 295 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Benson Unified School District (79226) school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
Benson Middle School enrolls 295 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% White, 30% Hispanic or Latino and 4.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 182 | 62% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 88 | 30% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 4.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 1% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
155 of the school's 295 students (53%) 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 Middle 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 Middle 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 295 students, Benson Middle School is close to the district average of about 257 students per school.
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