Benson Digital Learning Center Online

Benson Digital Learning Center Online, a rural-scale combined-grade school in BENSON, Arizona, part of Benson Unified School District (79226), caters to 51 students, covering grades K through 12. That puts it 91% smaller than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 550 students.

Benson Unified School District (79226) comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,287 students; Benson Digital Learning Center Online is among them.

Looking at the student body, Benson Digital Learning Center Online lists that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Native American. By comparison, Cochise County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 85.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.4:1 average.

In the area at large, census data for Cochise County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,742 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Cochise County's 87 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,288 students), Benson Digital Learning Center Online is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Benson Digital Learning Center, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Benson Digital Learning Center Online.

The campus sits in a town-center setting. Instruction is delivered virtually rather than at a physical campus, and enrollment crosses district lines.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Benson Digital Learning Center Online has climbed 629%, going from 7 students in 2018 to 51 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 76% across the same window.

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