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Benjamin High School

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School type
  
Public high school

Grades
  
K-12

Color(s)
  
Purple, Black & White

Principal
  
Olivia Gloria

Enrollment
  
86 (2012)

School district
  
Benjamin Independent School District

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.

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Athletics

The Benjamin Mustangs compete in these sports -

Volleyball, Cross Country, Basketball, Golf, Tennis & Track (Has played 6-Man Football in recent years, but due to enrollment, has not completed a season in the past few years).

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.

    • References

    Benjamin High School Wikipedia
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