Benicia Middle

As a reasonably sized middle school in Benicia, California, Benicia Middle caters to 947 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Benicia Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Benicia Middle sits 44% bigger than that benchmark.

Benicia Unified comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,343 students; Benicia Middle is among them.

Looking at the student body, Benicia Middle logs that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 25% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 12% Asian, 5% Black. Compared to Solano County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Benicia Middle records 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 22% of students at Benicia Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Solano County's rate of about 60%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Benicia Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 66.4%; this one comes in at 47.2%, -19.2 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Solano County put the typical household earns roughly $100,401 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Solano County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students), Benicia Middle is one campus in the mix.

Benicia High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Benicia Middle at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 54.8%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 1,121 students in 2018 compared to 947 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 17% to 25%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Benicia Middle community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.