Summary:
Benson, Arizona, has five schools in the Benson Unified School District, with elementary, middle- and high-school options as well as two online programs. The clearest pattern in the reported results is that Benson Middle School leads, while Benson Primary School trails in both tested subjects.
In 2025–26, Middle had the strongest all-grades results: 46% proficient in ELA and 35% in math, respectively 5 and 2 points above state results. Primary had 36% in ELA and 32% in math, 5 and 1 points below the state. Benson High School fell between them, with 43% in ELA and 34% in math, both 1–2 points above state results. Middle’s lead is especially clear in grades 7 and 8, where its ELA results were 7 points above the state and math was 9–10 points higher; its grade 6 results were below state in both subjects. In science, Middle’s grade 8 result was 43%, 13 points above the state, while High’s grade 11 result was 8 points above its state comparison.
SchoolDigger’s rankings show Primary’s relative standing weakening, while Middle’s and High’s changed little overall: from 2023–24 to 2025–26, Primary fell from the 49th to the 36th percentile, Middle moved from 61 to 60, and High from 58 to 57, after reaching 68 in between. Ratios do not follow the same pattern as scores: Middle had the highest ratio among the three (22 students per teacher) and the strongest results, while High had the lowest (13.6) and Primary’s was 18.7. Both Benson Digital Learning Center Online and Benson Digital Learning Center have suppressed test results, and free/reduced-lunch rates are unavailable, so neither online school can be compared by achievement here.
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