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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	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	387	387	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	395	394.47	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379	379	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	404	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	489	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	507	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	500.49	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	496	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	508	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	499	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	511	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	491.28	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	494	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	491	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	550	550	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	415	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	414.68	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	420	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	425	425	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	519	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	512	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	525.42	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	523	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	520	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	534	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	512	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	502.8	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	501	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	490	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	549	549	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	437	437	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	430	429	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	441	441	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	454	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	521	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	539	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	527.4	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	544	544	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	545	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	537	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	522	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	496.94	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	494	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	493	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	555	555	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	431	431	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	433.01	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	430	429	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	453	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	531	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	534	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	535.22	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	532	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	539	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	519	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	518	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	518.05	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	525	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	534	511

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.