Benson Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

360 South Patagonia St

Benson AZ, 85602, Cochise County

Phone: 520-720-6700

Ranking:

(482 out of 1,363, top 35%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 8

School District: Benson Unified School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	18		20		20		21		21		21		20
Total Students:	333		352		358		341		331		310		278
Grade 5:	72	21.6%	85	24.1%	104	29.1%	82	24.0%	85	25.7%	75	24.2%	67	24.1%
Grade 6:	84	25.2%	91	25.9%	84	23.5%	96	28.2%	68	20.5%	76	24.5%	66	23.7%
Grade 7:	86	25.8%	90	25.6%	95	26.5%	68	19.9%	89	26.9%	83	26.8%	79	28.4%
Grade 8:	91	27.3%	86	24.4%	75	20.9%	95	27.9%	89	26.9%	76	24.5%	66	23.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	154	46.2%	175	49.7%	176	49.2%	162	47.5%	169	51.1%	152	49.0%	131	47.1%
Female:	179	53.8%	177	50.3%	182	50.8%	179	52.5%	154	46.5%	150	48.4%	143	51.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	7	2.1%	7	2.0%	7	2.0%	7	2.1%	4	1.2%	4	1.3%	6	2.2%
Asian:	5	1.5%	6	1.7%	7	2.0%	4	1.2%	7	2.1%	7	2.3%	3	1.1%
Hispanic:	81	24.3%	90	25.6%	92	25.7%	79	23.2%	73	22.1%	69	22.3%	56	20.1%
Black:	9	2.7%	7	2.0%	5	1.4%	6	1.8%	8	2.4%	3	1.0%	2	0.7%
White:	227	68.2%	238	67.6%	243	67.9%	239	70.1%	239	72.2%	227	73.2%	211	75.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.3%	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	3	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	3	0.9%	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	3	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	153	45.9%	166	47.2%	179	50.0%	158	46.3%	144	43.5%	97	31.3%	100	36.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	33	9.9%	21	6.0%	29	8.1%	24	7.0%	25	7.6%	35	11.3%	14	5.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.50		17.60		17.64		16.51		16.15		14.80		14.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	508	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	387	387	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	395	394.47	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379	379	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	404	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	489	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	507	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	500.49	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	496	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	508	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	499	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	511	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	491.28	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	494	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	491	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	550	550	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	415	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	414.68	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	420	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	425	425	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	519	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	512	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	525.42	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	523	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	520	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	534	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	512	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	502.8	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	501	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	490	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	549	549	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	437	437	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	430	429	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	441	441	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	454	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	521	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	539	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	527.4	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	544	544	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	545	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	537	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	522	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	496.94	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	494	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	493	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	555	555	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	431	431	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	433.01	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	430	429	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	453	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	531	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	534	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	535.22	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	532	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	539	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	519	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	518	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	518.05	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	525	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	534	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	61.1%	66.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	38.9%	33.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	27.8%	22.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	72.2%	77.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,240.0	$39,424.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$30,605.0	$30,964.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$43,946.0	$41,841.0

* Benson Middle School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.