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Benicia Middle

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Benicia Middle ranks 716 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

716^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 74% of California middle schools

Summary

Benicia Middle is a consistently strong public middle school serving about 950 students in grades 6-8 within the well-regarded Benicia Unified district, offering stable academic performance and a particular strength in mathematics.

The school stands out for its excellent math scores, with over half of students proficient, which is significantly higher than the state average and surpasses nearby schools like American Canyon Middle and Pinole Middle. It also maintains a strong record of student attendance, with chronic absenteeism less than half the rate of some neighboring schools such as Hogan Middle. While performing well overall, the school operates with good efficiency, achieving these results with moderate per-student spending compared to some area schools that spend more for lower outcomes.

Benicia Middle provides a stable and high-quality educational environment, effectively preparing students for high school. The school's performance has remained consistently high over time, even during challenging periods, contrasting with the greater fluctuations seen at some other local schools. It represents a reliable choice for families seeking a solid academic foundation, especially in quantitative subjects, within the broader context of high-performing schools in its immediate geographic area.

947

Students ?

21.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,456

Per pupil spending ?

22%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1100 Southampton Rd.
Benicia, CA 94510-1725

(707) 747-8340

District: Benicia Unified

Students who attend Benicia Middle usually attend:

High:

Benicia High

Feeder schools for Benicia Middle:

Elementary:	Joe Henderson Elementary
	Mary Farmar Elementary
	Matthew Turner Elementary
	Robert Semple Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

42.1%

Hispanic:

24.9%

Two or more races:

15.9%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 61st percentile in 2023 → 74th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (49% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 74th (2025) from a 61st-percentile low (2023)

✓Above the California median (74th percentile)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school49%

District avg52%

California avg41%

716^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 26%▼ down 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

419^th of 1,543Benicia Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	68.0	716 of 2761	74.1%	★★★★☆
2024	66.3	758 of 2783	72.8%	★★★★☆
2023	52.4	1093 of 2781	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	60.2	900 of 2740	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	69.8	698 of 2715	74.3%	★★★★☆
2018	59.7	852 of 2480	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2017	66.6	742 of 2508	70.4%	★★★★☆
2016	65.6	743 of 2497	70.2%	★★★★☆
2015	72.6	593 of 2477	76.1%	★★★★☆
2013	73.7	490 of 2379	79.4%	★★★★☆
2012	78.5	342 of 2259	84.9%	★★★★☆
2011	82.4	247 of 2236	89.0%	★★★★☆
2010	81.1	277 of 2179	87.3%	★★★★☆
2009	78.6	313 of 2063	84.8%	★★★★☆
2008	79.8	295 of 2005	85.3%	★★★★☆
2007	81.0	287 of 1999	85.6%	★★★★☆
2006	84.1	225 of 1804	87.5%	★★★★☆
2005	85.3	191 of 1777	89.3%	★★★★☆
2004	85.6	189 of 1769	89.3%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	73.4	115 of 609	81.1%	★★★★☆
2024	43.3	314 of 627	49.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	32.6	412 of 613	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.2	370 of 637	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	47.9	296 of 643	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	28.0	441 of 600	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	41.9	482 of 739	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.5	438 of 743	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.9	500 of 715	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.7	484 of 733	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	56.7	373 of 745	49.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	60.9	330 of 700	52.9%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	38.0	822 of 1531	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	48.8	566 of 1491	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	44.9	582 of 1369	57.5%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	71.0	201 of 1442	86.1%	★★★★☆
2018	63.5	263 of 1364	80.7%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	65.8	706 of 2533	72.1%	★★★★☆
2024	65.3	718 of 2551	71.9%	★★★★☆
2023	55.9	918 of 2531	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	62.5	766 of 2509	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	70.8	600 of 2380	74.8%	★★★★☆
2018	60.8	772 of 2262	65.9%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	66.3	604 of 2395	74.8%	★★★★☆
2024	57.7	783 of 2388	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	45.3	1114 of 2374	53.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	46.2	1102 of 2359	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	51.0	914 of 2213	58.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	48.5	950 of 2072	54.2%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	41.6	1356 of 2542	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	55.1	884 of 2579	65.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.5	1306 of 2531	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.6	1178 of 2458	52.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	20.8	1997 of 2369	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.2	1684 of 2230	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	67.6	672 of 2534	73.5%	★★★★☆
2024	64.7	721 of 2552	71.7%	★★★★☆
2023	47.8	1130 of 2538	55.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	56.6	889 of 2527	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	66.5	673 of 2407	72.0%	★★★★☆
2018	56.5	852 of 2273	62.5%	★★★☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	43.5	106 of 194	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	59.2	78 of 192	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	35.0	122 of 197	38.1%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	41.7	429 of 726	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	50.3	358 of 701	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.4	481 of 677	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.5	473 of 665	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.5	375 of 554	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	24.1	379 of 462	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	50.3	560 of 1566	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	47.3	623 of 1552	59.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	42.2	716 of 1531	53.2%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	51.2	739 of 1520	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	50.8	731 of 1537	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	41.7	884 of 1543	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	50.6	757 of 1555	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	63.6	574 of 1602	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	49.0	759 of 1496	49.3%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2019)86th percentile+12 vs school

African American (2025)81st percentile+7 vs school

Hispanic (2025)75th percentile~ school

Male (2025)73rd percentile~ school

Female (2025)72nd percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)64th percentile-10 vs school

White (2025)51st percentile-23 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)47th percentile-27 vs school

Disabled (2022)46th percentile-21 vs school

Military Connected (2025)45th percentile-29 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)41st percentile-33 vs school

Asian (2025)35th percentile-39 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics52%+15 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy49%~ state avg

Science38%+5 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Benicia Middle	Public	6-8	1100 Southampton Rd.	Benicia	94510	Solano County	Benicia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 747-8340	947	43	21.9	22.0%	399 (42.1%)	47 (5.0%)	236 (24.9%)	110 (11.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.4%)	151 (15.9%)	68	716^th of 2761 public middle schools	74.1%		66.3	758^th of 2783 public middle schools	72.8%	42	37.9	37.9	46.3	52.7	47.8	48.8	45.7	55.4	55.5	52.1	$16,456	$16,164	$292
Carquinez Middle	Public	6-8	1099 Pomona St.	Crockett	94525	Contra Costa County	John Swett Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 787-1081	286	14	20.5	83.6%	40 (14.0%)	42 (14.7%)	114 (39.9%)	54 (18.9%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.0%)	31 (10.8%)	24	2054^th of 2761 public middle schools	25.6%		20.3	2251^st of 2783 public middle schools	19.1%	197	16.7	16.7	36.3	37.7	28.6	34.5	17.8	17.0	13.1	16.1	$35,012	$34,148	$864
Hogan Middle	Public	6-8	850 Rosewood Ave.	Vallejo	94591	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-3510	785	38	20.9	82.0%	36 (4.6%)	157 (20.0%)	403 (51.3%)	137 (17.5%)	3 (0.4%)	16 (2.0%)	33 (4.2%)	18	2315^th of 2761 public middle schools	16.2%		24.2	2072^nd of 2783 public middle schools	25.5%	243	14.2	14.2	25.7	24.6	26.4	25.6	16.7	13.4	17.4	15.8
Martinez Junior High	Public	6-8	1600 Ct. St.	Martinez	94553	Contra Costa County	Martinez Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 335-5820	843	36	23.2	32.7%	367 (43.5%)	19 (2.3%)	263 (31.2%)	65 (7.7%)	2 (0.2%)	6 (0.7%)	121 (14.4%)	73	622^nd of 2761 public middle schools	77.5%		70	685^th of 2783 public middle schools	75.4%	63	38.8	38.8	55.2	62.2	56.7	58.1	43.2	54.3	44.7	47.5	$17,472	$16,352	$1,120
MIT Griffin Academy Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	233 Hobbs Ave.	Vallejo	94589	Solano County	MIT Griffin Academy Middle District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 552-6482	111	4	27.4	77.5%	8 (7.2%)	20 (18.0%)	55 (49.5%)	12 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	13 (11.7%)	15.8	2404^th of 2761 public middle schools	12.9%		31	1772^nd of 2783 public middle schools	36.3%	632	14.6	14.6	29.4	25.0	20.0	24.6	8.8	17.5	9.8	12.2	$32,734	$31,566	$1,168
Hercules Middle	Public	6-8	1900 Refugio Valley Rd.	Hercules	94547	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1429	596	24	24.7	44.3%	45 (7.6%)	88 (14.8%)	155 (26.0%)	234 (39.3%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	69 (11.6%)	61.2	876^th of 2761 public middle schools	68.3%		56.5	978^th of 2783 public middle schools	64.9%	102	36.5	36.5	53.9	52.7	56.5	54.3	33.9	34.8	40.5	36.4
Mare Island Technology Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	2 Positive Pl.	Vallejo	94589	Solano County	Mare Island Technology Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 552-6482	260	7	36.5	76.5%	18 (6.9%)	25 (9.6%)	127 (48.8%)	67 (25.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	22 (8.5%)	30.3	1820^th of 2761 public middle schools	34.1%		29.7	1821^st of 2783 public middle schools	34.6%	1	17.9	17.9	27.4	34.6	26.2	29.9	23.3	37.5	21.4	28.4
Green Valley Middle	Public	6-8	1350 Gold Hill Rd.	Fairfield	94534	Solano County	Fairfield-Suisun Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 646-7000	903	39	23.0	32.0%	183 (20.3%)	78 (8.6%)	225 (24.9%)	274 (30.3%)	3 (0.3%)	5 (0.6%)	135 (15.0%)	80.9	459^th of 2761 public middle schools	83.4%		75	589^th of 2783 public middle schools	78.8%	130	52.3	52.3	67.6	57.7	72.6	65.7	51.9	41.4	55.6	49.4	$14,308	$13,822	$486
Pinole Middle	Public	7-8	1575 Mann Dr.	Pinole	94564	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1436	381	15	25.1	80.1%	36 (9.4%)	46 (12.1%)	199 (52.2%)	77 (20.2%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	19 (5.0%)	26	1951^st of 2761 public middle schools	29.3%		21.8	2184^th of 2783 public middle schools	21.5%	233	9.9	9.9		38.9	29.5	34.2		30.3	12.0	21.4
American Canyon Middle	Public	6-8	300 Benton Way	American Canyon	94503	Napa County	Napa Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 259-8592	1,074	43	25.2	66.9%	101 (9.4%)	77 (7.2%)	481 (44.8%)	297 (27.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.7%)	109 (10.1%)	48.6	1218^th of 2761 public middle schools	55.9%		46.8	1253^rd of 2783 public middle schools	55.0%	35	24.9	24.9	46.2	56.9	49.0	51.0	24.4	37.5	22.1	28.3	$15,019	$14,106	$913

Frequently Asked Questions about Benicia Middle

What is the racial makeup of Benicia Middle?

Students at Benicia Middle are 42% White, 25% Hispanic, 16% Two or more races, 12% Asian, 5% African American.

What high school do graduates of Benicia Middle attend?

Students who attend Benicia Middle usually go on to attend Benicia High

What district is Benicia Middle in?

Benicia Unified

How many students attend Benicia Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 947 students attended Benicia Middle.

Is Benicia Middle a good school?

Benicia Middle ranks 716^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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