Summary:
ZIP code 94510 has two high schools in Benicia Unified: Benicia High and Liberty High, both serving grades 9–12. Their sizes differ greatly: Benicia enrolls 1,335 students, while Liberty enrolls 43. The most important difference for families is that Benicia’s results are above the state in all three tested subjects, while Liberty’s are below it in all three.
Benicia High stands out academically: in 2025–2026, 65% of students met the ELA standard, 45% met the math standard, and 51% met the science standard—about 16, 6, and 15 percentage points above state results. At Liberty High, the corresponding results were 20%, 8%, and 17%, about 29, 31, and 19 points below the state. The schools’ widest gap was in ELA at 45 points; they differed by 37 points in math and 33 in science. Other measures also contrast: Benicia’s graduation rate was 97% versus Liberty’s 80%, while chronic absenteeism was 18% versus 71%. Benicia’s dropout rate was 1%, compared with 8% at Liberty.
Results improved at both schools in every subject from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Benicia gained 4 points in ELA, 8 in math, and 10 in science; Liberty gained 9, 8, and 7 points. The equal-school averages also moved closer to state results, though they remained below them in every subject. SchoolDigger ranks Benicia in the 82nd percentile with 4 stars and Liberty in the 22nd percentile with 1 star. For additional context, the 2024–2025 student–teacher ratios were 22.2 at Benicia and 9.2 at Liberty. The reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares that year were 24% and 40%, respectively; these figures are observations, not explanations for the schools’ results.
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