Benchmark School

Benchmark School is a small elementary campus in PHOENIX, Arizona, overseen by Benchmark School Inc. (10972). The school educates 328 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 27% below the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Benchmark School is a school of Benchmark School Inc. (10972), the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Benchmark School lists that 69% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Benchmark School has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Benchmark School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, Maricopa County reports that median household income runs about $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Benchmark School is one.

James P. Lee Early Childhood Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Benchmark School.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. Benchmark School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 405 students in 2018 compared to 328 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 69% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Benchmark School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.