Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High

Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High operates as a rural-scale 9-12 campus in Sacramento, California, operated by Sacramento City Unified. Current enrollment sits at 156 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 81% leaner than the state mean of about 838.

Within Sacramento City Unified, which oversees 73 schools and 37,657 students, Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High lists that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 18% Black, 10% White, 7% Asian, 4% Pacific Islander. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 63% of students at Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 42.1%; Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High posts 23.4%, -18.6 points below that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Sacramento County put the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

The closest other public school is Leataata Floyd Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.3%.

Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High has decreased 25%, going from 207 students in 2018 to 156 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment declined from 13% to 7% over that span.

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