San Benancio Middle

Summary:

San Benancio Middle is a public middle school located in Salinas, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 240 students. The school is part of the Washington Union Elementary District, which is ranked 166 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

San Benancio Middle consistently performs well academically, ranking in the top 15% of California middle schools in recent years. The school's performance for Hispanic students and students with disabilities is particularly noteworthy, ranking in the top 6% and top 5% of California middle schools, respectively, in the 2023-2024 school year. Additionally, San Benancio Middle has relatively low chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 2.3% to 15.3%, which is lower than the state average.

When compared to nearby middle schools, such as Gavilan View Middle and Harden Middle, San Benancio Middle stands out as a high-performing school, ranking significantly higher in the 2023-2024 school year. However, the school's population of economically disadvantaged students has been increasing, with the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch rising from 9.54% in 2020-2021 to 17.5% in 2022-2023. As the school continues to serve a growing number of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, it will be important for the Washington Union Elementary District to ensure that appropriate resources and support are in place to maintain the school's excellent outcomes.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 43 San Benancio Rd.
       Salinas, CA  93908-9133


(831) 484-1172

District: Washington Union Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
377th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $5,297 Help


Students who attend San Benancio Middle usually attend:

High:    Salinas High

Feeder schools for San Benancio Middle:

Elementary:    Toro Park Elementary
    Washington Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  18.5 Help
Number of students:  260

Racial breakdown:

White:
54.6%
Hispanic:
29.6%
Asian:
10.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  11.5% Help


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Compare Details San Benancio Middle ranks better than 86.4% of middle schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 85.21. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (54.6%), Hispanic (29.6%), Asian (10%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 11.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at San Benancio Middle is 18.5. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at San Benancio Middle is $5,297.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

San Benancio Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks San Benancio Middle 377th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See San Benancio Middle in the ranking list.)

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Washington Union Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Washington Union Elementary 166th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for San Benancio Middle

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Rank History for all students at San Benancio Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 91.58 92nd 1769 94.8%
2005 84.35 214th 1777 88.0%
2006 76.98 336th 1804 81.4%
2007 79.19 314th 1999 84.3%
2008 75.65 365th 2005 81.8%
2009 81.61 259th 2063 87.4%
2010 84.21 213th 2179 90.2%
2011 76.47 379th 2236 83.1%
2012 84.50 198th 2259 91.2%
2013 83.75 228th 2379 90.4%
2015 88.55 260th 2477 89.5%
2016 93.84 126th 2497 95.0%
2017 92.14 188th 2508 92.5%
2018 91.44 206th 2480 91.7%
2019 87.28 323rd 2715 88.1%
2022 87.64 327th 2740 88.1%
2023 80.51 476th 2802 83.0%
2024 85.21 377th 2777 86.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at San Benancio Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 57.07 283rd 665 57.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at San Benancio Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 93.07 71st 1550 95.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at San Benancio Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 71.68 463rd 2369 80.5%
2022 77.65 340th 2458 86.2%
2023 60.22 744th 2549 70.8%
2024 84.09 277th 2575 89.2%
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Rank History for Female students at San Benancio Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 89.11 234th 2262 89.7%
2019 83.49 354th 2380 85.1%
2022 82.88 376th 2509 85.0%
2023 73.04 560th 2547 78.0%
2024 83.72 375th 2546 85.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at San Benancio Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.87 369th 1369 73.0%
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Rank History for Male students at San Benancio Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.36 217th 2273 90.5%
2019 88.01 279th 2407 88.4%
2022 88.41 284th 2527 88.8%
2023 81.10 416th 2558 83.7%
2024 82.93 374th 2547 85.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at San Benancio Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.79 417th 2072 79.9%
2019 81.09 283rd 2213 87.2%
2022 91.41 118th 2359 95.0%
2023 74.48 414th 2391 82.7%
2024 89.12 153rd 2383 93.6%
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Rank History for White students at San Benancio Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.22 259th 1496 82.7%
2019 70.34 444th 1602 72.3%
2022 73.79 349th 1555 77.6%
2023 69.09 437th 1552 71.8%
2024 69.87 433rd 1535 71.8%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for San Benancio Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 351 2 11 9 6 n/a n/a 0 379
1989 294 1 16 15 1 n/a n/a 0 327
1990 295 2 12 10 1 n/a n/a 0 320
1991 314 3 17 11 0 n/a n/a 0 345
1992 333 1 19 13 0 n/a n/a 0 366
1993 264 2 15 8 0 n/a n/a 0 289
1994 248 2 23 13 1 n/a n/a 0 287
1995 260 2 15 19 0 n/a n/a 0 296
1996 260 2 15 19 0 n/a n/a 0 296
1997 276 2 14 22 1 n/a n/a 0 315
1998 291 3 20 17 1 n/a n/a 0 332
1999 279 2 21 16 1 n/a n/a 10 329
2000 278 12 20 23 1 n/a n/a 4 338
2001 261 1 24 24 4 n/a n/a 5 319
2002 261 8 32 18 2 n/a n/a 22 343
2003 261 8 32 18 2 n/a n/a 22 343
2004 270 2 36 22 2 n/a n/a 30 362
2005 292 7 35 26 0 n/a n/a 0 360
2006 266 6 23 27 1 n/a n/a 0 323
2007 263 6 31 34 2 n/a n/a 0 336
2008 264 4 30 39 2 n/a n/a 0 339
2009 246 4 43 41 1 2 9 0 346
2010 250 4 42 36 1 2 3 0 338
2011 233 4 40 31 3 3 9 0 323
2012 225 3 41 30 1 1 19 0 320
2013 222 1 39 32 0 0 20 0 314
2014 230 2 44 35 1 1 15 0 328
2015 227 3 47 53 1 1 6 0 338
2016 213 3 35 54 2 2 16 0 325
2017 205 3 30 54 1 2 14 0 309
2018 189 4 25 55 1 1 25 0 300
2019 191 6 29 71 0 0 20 0 317
2020 188 3 27 82 0 0 25 0 325
2021 177 3 23 79 0 0 22 0 304
2022 144 0 19 79 0 0 21 0 263
2023 129 0 19 79 0 0 13 0 240
2024 142 1 26 77 0 0 14 0 260

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at San Benancio Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 379 19.1 19.8 n/a
1989 327 17.5 18.6 n/a
1990 320 18.0 17.7 n/a
1991 345 19.0 18.1 n/a
1992 366 19.3 18.9 0.3
1993 289 12.9 22.4 0.3
1994 287 14.2 20.2 0
1995 296 13.5 21.9 0
1996 296 13.5 21.9 0
1997 315 15.0 21.0 0
1998 332 17.0 19.5 0
1999 329 16.9 19.5 0
2000 338 16.2 20.9 0
2001 319 16.0 19.9 0
2002 343 17.0 20.2 0
2003 343 17.0 20.2 0
2004 362 16.9 21.4 0.3
2005 360 17.0 21.2 0.8
2006 323 15.7 20.6 0
2007 336 15.9 21.1 1.2
2008 339 18.0 18.8 n/a
2009 346 15.9 20.4 0
2010 338 16.0 21.1 n/a
2011 323 n/a n/a 1.5
2012 320 16.0 20.0 n/a
2013 314 15.5 20.2 2.2
2014 328 14.0 23.4 1.5
2015 338 15.0 22.5 4.7
2016 325 15.0 21.6 6.5
2017 309 15.0 20.6 4.5
2018 300 14.0 21.4 7.7
2019 317 15.0 21.1 9.1
2020 325 n/a n/a 8.6
2021 304 13.0 23.3 9.5
2022 263 14.0 18.7 13.7
2023 240 12.9 18.4 17.5
2024 260 14.0 18.5 11.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio San Benancio Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 379 19.1 19.8 n/a
1989 327 17.5 18.6 n/a
1990 320 18.0 17.7 n/a
1991 345 19.0 18.1 n/a
1992 366 19.3 18.9 0.3
1993 289 12.9 22.4 0.3
1994 287 14.2 20.2 0
1995 296 13.5 21.9 0
1996 296 13.5 21.9 0
1997 315 15.0 21.0 0
1998 332 17.0 19.5 0
1999 329 16.9 19.5 0
2000 338 16.2 20.9 0
2001 319 16.0 19.9 0
2002 343 17.0 20.2 0
2003 343 17.0 20.2 0
2004 362 16.9 21.4 0.3
2005 360 17.0 21.2 0.8
2006 323 15.7 20.6 0
2007 336 15.9 21.1 1.2
2008 339 18.0 18.8 n/a
2009 346 15.9 20.4 0
2010 338 16.0 21.1 n/a
2011 323 n/a n/a 1.5
2012 320 16.0 20.0 n/a
2013 314 15.5 20.2 2.2
2014 328 14.0 23.4 1.5
2015 338 15.0 22.5 4.7
2016 325 15.0 21.6 6.5
2017 309 15.0 20.6 4.5
2018 300 14.0 21.4 7.7
2019 317 15.0 21.1 9.1
2020 325 n/a n/a 8.6
2021 304 13.0 23.3 9.5
2022 263 14.0 18.7 13.7
2023 240 12.9 18.4 17.5
2024 260 14.0 18.5 11.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for San Benancio Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $5,297

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on San Benancio Middle

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 323rd of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 476th of 2802 Middle schools
 5.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (San Benancio Middle)80.969
 11.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Washington Union Elementary)80.969
 11.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (San Benancio Middle)63.639.4
 24.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Washington Union Elementary)63.639.4
 24.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (San Benancio Middle)76.667.1
 9.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Washington Union Elementary)76.667.1
 9.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (San Benancio Middle)5761.6
 4.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Washington Union Elementary)5761.6
 4.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (San Benancio Middle)68.859.5
 9.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Washington Union Elementary)68.859.5
 9.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (San Benancio Middle)47.941.7
 6.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Washington Union Elementary)47.941.7
 6.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (San Benancio Middle)4938.1
 10.9%
   8th Grade Science (Washington Union Elementary)4938.1
 10.9%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students317240
 24.3%
African American60
 100%
American Indian00
Asian2919
 34.5%
Hispanic7179
 11.3%
Pacific Islander00
White191129
 32.5%
Two or More Races2013
 35%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients9.1%17.5%
 8.4%


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San Benancio Middle ranks 377th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend San Benancio Middle usually go on to attend Salinas High

In the 2023-24 school year, 260 students attended San Benancio Middle.

Students at San Benancio Middle are 55% White, 30% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more races.


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