NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools AZ

Best-Resourced Schools in Benson, AZ

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6 public K-12 schools in Benson from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
1,289
Students
24.4/100
Avg Resource Index
22.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Benson has more public-school enrollment than 4% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Benson Primary School enrolls 39.3% of Benson's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

3 of the 6 listed Benson schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Benson lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 2 to 507 students, a 254-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 96%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
3rd percentile
Teacher staffing
7th percentile

Benson Primary School accounts for 39.3% of all Benson public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Benson-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Benson school enrollment varies 254× across entities

Benson school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 507 students (highest), a spread of 505 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Benson student-teacher ratio is 22.2:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Benson High School 34
2. Benson Digital Learning Center Online 30
3. Benson Middle School 22
4. Benson Primary School 21
5. Benson Digital Learning Center 15
6. Ctd - Benson High School -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Benson

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Benson Middle School 56.5/100
  2. 2 Benson Digital Learning Center 53.7/100
  3. 3 Benson Primary School 53.1/100
  4. 4 Benson High School 48.6/100
  5. 5 Benson Digital Learning Center Online 38.7/100

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Which Benson school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Benson High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Benson schools in this federal-data comparison at 34/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Benson, AZ? ▼

Benson has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,289 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 22.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.