Benjamin High School

Benjamin High School
Benjamin High School
Location
	300 Hays St; Benjamin , Texas 79505; United States
Coordinates	33°35′01″N99°47′22″W / 33.58352°N 99.78933°W
Information
School type	Public high school
School district	Benjamin Independent School District
Principal	Olivia Gloria
Teaching staff	16.98 (on an FTE basis)
Grades	K–12
Enrollment	104 (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio	6.12
Color	Purple Black & White
Athletics conference	UIL Class A
Mascot	Mustang
Website	Benjamin High School

Last updated October 06, 2025

Benjamin High School or Benjamin School is a public high school located in Benjamin, Texas (United States) and classified as a 1A school by the UIL. It is part of the Benjamin Independent School District located in north central Knox County. Benjamin School has all grades (K-12) in one building. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.^[2]

Athletics

The Benjamin Mustangs compete in these sports - ^[3]

Football (6-man), Volleyball, Cross Country, Basketball, Golf, Tennis & Track

State Titles

Football
- 2022(1A/D2)^[4]
- 2023(1A/D2)^[5]

Faculty

Don Haskins: He started his coaching career at Benjamin in 1955 as a teacher and basketball coach of both boys and girls teams from 1955–56. He was the men's basketball head coach at Texas Western College (renamed the University of Texas at El Paso in 1967) from 1961 to 1999, including the 1966 season when his team won the NCAA Tournament.^[6]

References

1 2 3 "BENJAMIN SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
↑ "2015 Accountability Rating System" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2015.
↑ The Athletics Department
↑ "2022 Football Conference 1A Division 2" (PDF). uiltexas.org. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
↑ "2023 Football Conference 1A Division 2" (PDF). uiltexas.org. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
↑ The Road To Glory - 1966 NCAA Championship Archived 2012-07-23 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Benjamin ISD

This article about a high school in Texas is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[NCES-1] 1 2 3 "BENJAMIN SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 18, 2024.

[2] "2015 Accountability Rating System" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2015.

[3] The Athletics Department

[4] "2022 Football Conference 1A Division 2" (PDF). uiltexas.org. Retrieved December 16, 2023.

[5] "2023 Football Conference 1A Division 2" (PDF). uiltexas.org. Retrieved December 16, 2023.

[6] The Road To Glory - 1966 NCAA Championship Archived 2012-07-23 at the Wayback Machine

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]