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San Benancio Middle

Middle School
Washington Union ElementarySalinasMonterey County93908
📍 43 San Benancio Road
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of middle schools
State Rank
of 1,714 California middle schools
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Composite 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
260 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
19:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
12%
Teachers
14 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Maintained
+1.3 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased
+5.3 pts DFS change

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic29.6%
White54.6%
Asian7.7%
Black0.4%
Other7.7%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for San Benancio Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard30.0%
Met Standard30.8%
Below Standard39.2%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "61% proficient" for San Benancio Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

30.0% of students exceeded standard while 30.8% met it. That exceeded rate is 12.7 points above the state average of 17.3%. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Proficiency drops by 5.2 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance maintained and Math increased year-over-year.

Chronic absenteeism is 7.2%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
30.0%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
60.8%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
-5.2pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
7.2%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
4.2%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
503
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8
Math Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th7126.8%39.4%26.8%7.0%66.2%
7th9625.0%50.0%14.6%10.4%75.0%
8th8432.1%27.4%25.0%15.5%59.5%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th7126.8%31.0%29.6%12.7%57.8%
7th9629.2%22.9%25.0%22.9%52.1%
8th8540.0%14.1%22.4%23.5%54.1%
K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data
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Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.

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Data source: California Department of Education (2025 test year) · How we score · Explore all schools · Blog