Summary:
Benson Unified School District has one middle school, Benson Middle School, serving grades 5–8 and enrolling 286 students. The available results show how the school compares with Arizona and how performance differs by grade, but there is no second local middle school to compare it with. The clearest result is 8th-grade science: 43% of students were proficient, compared with 30% statewide, a 13-point advantage.
Because Benson is the only school listed, it is technically both the area’s highest- and lowest-ranked school, but there is no meaningful local leader or laggard. Its 2025–26 all-grades results were above the state in both reported subjects: 46% proficient in ELA versus 41% statewide, and 35% in mathematics versus 33%. Grade-level results show a more uneven picture: 6th graders were just below the state in ELA (40% versus 41%) and mathematics (27% versus 30%), while 7th and 8th graders were above the state in both subjects. Benson’s strongest grade-level margins were in 8th-grade mathematics, at 40% versus 30%, and 7th-grade mathematics, at 36% versus 27%.
The test results do not show a multi-year trend for the same subjects and grades, but SchoolDigger’s school ranking has been broadly steady: Benson ranked 216 of 550 schools in 2023–24, 222 of 552 in 2024–25, and 214 of 536 in 2025–26; its percentile moved from 61st to 60th and remained there. SchoolDigger gives the district a rank of 144 out of 267, the 46th percentile, and 2 stars. Benson’s student–teacher ratio is 22; no free/reduced-lunch percentage is supplied. These context figures do not provide a basis for comparing schools with similar characteristics, since only one school is included.
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