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Benson Secondary, Benson, MN

Benson Secondary is a public high school in Benson, part of Benson Public School District. It enrolled 334 students in 2024-25, with 12.8 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "BENSON SECONDARY".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
334
Teachers (FTE)
26.0
Students per teacher
12.8
Grades
6 to 12

This school's ratio is 1.5 lower than the district figure of 14.3. The Minnesota average across schools is 15.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.8
District14.3
Minnesota15.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
1400 Montana Ave, Benson, MN 56215
Phone
(320)843-2710
District
Benson Public School District
County
Swift County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Remote
NCES school ID
270447000199
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
101
Reduced-price lunch
26
Free or reduced-price lunch
12738.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
96Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Benson Public School District

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.