Regular local school district · Solano County
Benicia Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Benicia Unified runs 7 public schools with 4,346 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 22.8 students per teacher is about the same as the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 4,346
- Teachers (FTE)
- 191
- Students per teacher
- 22.8
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 350 East K St., Benicia, CA 94510
- Phone
- (707)747-8300
- County
- Solano County
- Locale
- Suburb: Midsize
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0604620
- State district ID
- CA-4870524
- Total staff (FTE)
- 419
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 724 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 12.0
Students per teacher compared
This district22.8
California21.9
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 (4,526), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $63.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.7 million
- State revenue
- $30.9 million
- Local revenue
- $28.2 million
- Total spending
- $55.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,237
- Salaries
- $30.1 million54.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $80.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.3%
- State: 48.5%
- Local: 44.2%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,237
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Benicia Unified
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Benicia High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,335 | 22.2 |
| Benicia Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 947 | 22.0 |
| Joe Henderson Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 530 | 26.5 |
| Liberty HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 43 | 10.8 |
| Mary Farmar Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 477 | 23.9 |
| Matthew Turner Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 529 | 25.2 |
| Robert Semple Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 480 | 20.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Solano County
- Fairfield-Suisun Unified 20,359 students
- Vacaville Unified 12,717 students
- Vallejo City Unified 9,653 students
- Travis Unified 5,405 students
- Dixon Unified 2,989 students
- River Delta Joint Unified 1,714 students
- Caliber: ChangeMakers Academy District 975 students
- Kairos Public District 786 students
- Elite Public District 612 students
- MIT Academy District 473 students
- Dixon Montessori Charter District 471 students
- Solano County Office of Education 463 students
- Mare Island Technology Academy District 260 students
- Griffin Academy High District 186 students
- MIT Griffin Academy Middle District 111 students
More in California
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.