Regular local school district · Cochise County
Benson Unified School District (79226), AZ: schools, enrollment and spending
Benson Unified School District (79226) runs 5 public schools with 1,287 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.4 students per teacher is about the same as the Arizona figure of 17.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,287
- Teachers (FTE)
- 70
- Students per teacher
- 18.4
- AZ: 17.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 360 S Patagonia St, Benson, AZ 85602
- Phone
- (520)720-6700
- County
- Cochise County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0400212
- State district ID
- AZ-79226
- Total staff (FTE)
- 198
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 644 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.4
Arizona17.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,202), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $14.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.5 million
- State revenue
- $6.6 million
- Local revenue
- $5.3 million
- Total spending
- $14.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,718
- Salaries
- $7.6 million53.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $4.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.6%
- State: 45.5%
- Local: 36.9%
Arizona overall
- Federal: 17.1%
- State: 46.5%
- Local: 36.3%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,718
Arizona$11,583
United States$16,826
Schools in Benson Unified School District (79226)
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Benson Digital Learning Center | High | 9 to 12 | 41 | |
| Benson Digital Learning Center Online | Other | K to 12 | 51 | |
| Benson High School | High | 9 to 12 | 402 | 13.9 |
| Benson Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 286 | 22.0 |
| Benson Primary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 507 | 18.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cochise County
- Sierra Vista Unified District (4175) 4,043 students
- Douglas Unified District (4174) 3,608 students
- Center for Academic Success Inc. (4191) 1,125 students
- Willcox Unified District (4170) 1,088 students
- Tombstone Unified District (4168) 874 students
- Fort Huachuca Accommodation District (4167) 774 students
- Palominas Elementary School District 49 (4180) 706 students
- Bisbee Unified District (4169) 622 students
- St David Unified District (4173) 433 students
- Cochise Community Development Corporation (81027) 352 students
- Cochise County Accommodation School District (1001687) 311 students
- Naco Elementary District (4176) 266 students
- Omega Alpha Academy (79503) 201 students
- Pearce Elementary District (4186) 136 students
- Elfrida Elementary District (4185) 126 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.