Benson Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

360 South Patagonia St

Benson AZ, 85602, Cochise County

Phone: 520-720-6750

Ranking:

(287 out of 1,363, top 21%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4

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:	24		25		25		25		23		24		23
Total Students:	404		387		406		414		413		397		365
Prekindergarten:	4	1.0%	6	1.6%	6	1.5%	4	1.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	3	0.8%
Kindergarten:	90	22.3%	79	20.4%	89	21.9%	76	18.4%	79	19.1%	69	17.4%	78	21.4%
Grade 1:	71	17.6%	84	21.7%	77	19.0%	79	19.1%	70	16.9%	80	20.2%	79	21.6%
Grade 2:	84	20.8%	80	20.7%	77	19.0%	77	18.6%	87	21.1%	89	22.4%	68	18.6%
Grade 3:	77	19.1%	69	17.8%	78	19.2%	81	19.6%	95	23.0%	75	18.9%	74	20.3%
Grade 4:	78	19.3%	69	17.8%	79	19.5%	97	23.4%	82	19.9%	82	20.7%	63	17.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	215	53.2%	197	50.9%	214	52.7%	227	54.8%	213	51.6%	209	52.6%	192	52.6%
Female:	189	46.8%	190	49.1%	192	47.3%	187	45.2%	192	46.5%	180	45.3%	169	46.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	1.2%	6	1.6%	5	1.2%	11	2.7%	6	1.5%	6	1.5%	2	0.5%
Asian:	2	0.5%	1	0.3%	5	1.2%	7	1.7%	12	2.9%	11	2.8%	8	2.2%
Hispanic:	118	29.2%	110	28.4%	113	27.8%	115	27.8%	110	26.6%	93	23.4%	83	22.7%
Black:	10	2.5%	11	2.8%	12	3.0%	8	1.9%	9	2.2%	7	1.8%	10	2.7%
White:	268	66.3%	256	66.1%	269	66.3%	272	65.7%	276	66.8%	280	70.5%	262	71.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.2%	1	0.3%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	204	50.5%	208	53.7%	213	52.5%	208	50.2%	212	51.3%	139	35.0%	141	38.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	30	7.4%	31	8.0%	31	7.6%	25	6.0%	40	9.7%	32	8.1%	24	6.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.19		15.80		16.57		16.90		17.96		16.80		15.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	440	440	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379	379	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	387	386.73	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	389	389	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	393	393	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	459	459	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	470	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	472.94	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	472	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	475	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	508	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394	394	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	403	402.9	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409	409	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	412	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	501	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	490	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	491.24	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	501	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	499	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	537	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	540	540	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	546.71	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	557	557	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	536	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	71.4%	76.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	28.6%	23.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	47.6%	47.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	52.4%	52.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,463.0	$37,653.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,740.0	$31,040.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,575.0	$43,664.0

* Benson Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.