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Barbara Benson Elementary

๐Ÿ“ 12712 Elizabeth Way, Tustin, Orange County, 92780

327
Pupils
21.8
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Barbara Benson Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tustin, Orange County. The school has 327 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jaclyn Spangler. It is part of the Tustin Unified school district. It serves grades Kโ€“5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.

School details

Principal
Jaclyn Spangler
School district
Tustin Unified

Enrollment & staffing

Barbara Benson Elementary enrolls 327 students across grades Kโ€“5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 15 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.

Male students
172 (53%)
Female students
155 (47%)
Teachers (FTE)
15
Student-teacher ratio
21.8:1
Grade span
Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Hispanic or Latino, 20% White and 11% Asian.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino20462%
White6620%
Asian3511%
Two or more races175.2%
Black or African American3<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

195 of the school's 327 students (60%) 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.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades Kโ€“5Title I

Barbara Benson Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.

School district: Tustin Unified

Barbara Benson Elementary is one of 28 schools in Tustin Unified, based in Tustin, California. The district serves 21,342 students district-wide and employs 831 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 327 students, Barbara Benson Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 762 students per school.

21,342
District students
28
Schools
831
Teachers (FTE)

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