How does Benicia Middle compare to other middle schools in Benicia?

Benicia Middle has a Scope Score of 69.5/100, ranked #386 among California middle schools. 22% of students exceed standard, with a total of 1,875 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Benicia Middle?

21.7% of students at Benicia Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 50.5% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Benicia Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Benicia Middle's proficiency rate increases by 5.7 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This suggests the school may be adding value over time.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Benicia Middle?

12.1% of students at Benicia Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in the Scope Score.

Benicia Middle

Middle School

Benicia Unified BeniciaSolano County94510

📍 1100 Southampton Road

Scope Score

out of 100

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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Growth Engine

A growth engine — students gain measurably more here than at peer schools.

Scope Scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

948 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

22:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

25%

Teachers

43 full-time

Dashboard indicators

How this school's scores changed from last year to this year

ELA Year-over-Year

Increased

+11.4 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Increased

+13.4 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

15.0%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 20 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic26.8%

White41.5%

Asian4.4%

Black5.0%

Other22.4%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Benicia Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	21.7%
Met Standard	28.9%
Below Standard	49.5%

Score Factors

Helping

✓Exceeded standard: 21.7%

4.4pp above state avg (state avg 17.3%)

30% weight

✓Met or exceeded: 50.5%

11.0pp above state avg (state avg 39.5%)

20% weight

✓Growth (G6→G8): +5.7pp

Scores improve across grades (state avg +0.8pp)

15% weight

✓Chronic absenteeism: 12.1%

7.2pp below state avg (state avg 19.3%)

15% weight

✓Baseline proficiency: 50.5%

Above state baseline (state avg 39.5%)

10% weight

✓Suspension rate: 2.8%

1.3pp below state avg (state avg 4.1%)

10% weight

Unlike traditional school ratings, we show our work. Every factor, its weight, and how this school compares to the state average — so you can decide what matters most to your family. The middle school Scope Score is weighted across 6 dimensions. See full methodology →

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "51% proficient" for Benicia Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

21.7% of students exceeded standard while 28.9% met it. That exceeded rate is 4.4 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 2.6 points below the Benicia Unified district average of 24.3%. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Students here improve by 5.7 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased and Math increased year-over-year. 15.0% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 12.1%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

21.7%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

50.5%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

+5.7pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

12.1%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

2.8%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

1,875

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

How proficiency compares across grade levels this year (different students, same test year)

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	324	13.9%	32.4%	27.8%	25.9%	46.3%
7th	298	18.1%	34.6%	27.5%	19.8%	52.7%
8th	316	14.2%	33.5%	30.7%	21.5%	47.8%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	322	21.7%	23.9%	30.1%	24.2%	45.6%
7th	298	30.9%	24.5%	24.8%	19.8%	55.4%
8th	317	31.2%	24.3%	25.9%	18.6%	55.5%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Matthew Turner Elementary

77.9# in state

Joe Henderson Elementary

71.2# in state

Mary Farmar Elementary

63.6# in state

Robert Semple Elementary

58.8# in state

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Middle

Benicia Middle

69.5# in state

This school

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High School

Benicia High

75.6# in state

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.