📍 1600 N Wall Street, Benson, Johnston County, 27504
Benson Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Benson, Johnston County. The school has 511 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Johnston County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Benson Middle enrolls 511 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 31 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 39% Hispanic or Latino, 38% White and 17% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 198 | 39% |
| White | 193 | 38% |
| Black or African American | 87 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 5.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
351 of the school's 511 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 329 qualify for free lunch and 22 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Benson Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 NC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 12, state house district 28.
Benson Middle is one of 48 schools in Johnston County Public Schools, based in Smithfield, North Carolina. The district serves 37,320 students district-wide and employs 2,398 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 511 students, Benson Middle is smaller than the district average of about 778 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant