How does Bonita Vista Senior High compare to other high schools in Chula Vista?

Bonita Vista Senior High has a SchoolScope composite score of 64.6/100, placing it at the 84th percentile statewide. 21% of students exceed standard, with a total of 875 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Bonita Vista Senior High?

21.2% of students at Bonita Vista Senior High exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 50.8% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Bonita Vista Senior High?

15.7% of students at Bonita Vista Senior High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Bonita Vista Senior High

High School

Sweetwater Union High Chula VistaSan Diego County91913

📍 751 Otay Lakes Road

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of high schools

State Rank

of 1,739 California high schools

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Composite scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

2,049 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

23:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

36%

Teachers

89 full-time

College & career readiness

Graduation Rate

96.0%

AP Exam Prepared

71.6%

A-G Completion

67.4%

College-Going Rate

81.1%

Data source: California Department of Education — ACGR, CCI, CGR reports

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Maintained

+2.7 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Maintained

0.0 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

19.8%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 162 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic63.2%

White18.4%

Asian2.1%

Black2.6%

Other13.7%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Bonita Vista Senior High
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	21.2%
Met Standard	29.6%
Below Standard	49.2%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "51% proficient" for Bonita Vista Senior High and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

21.2% of students exceeded standard while 29.6% met it. That exceeded rate is 5.7 points above the state average of 15.5%. That's 4.6 points above the Sweetwater Union High district average of 16.6%. The 3 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 33.1% exceeded — 11.9 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

The graduation rate is 96.0% — above the state target. 67.4% of students complete A-G requirements for UC/CSU eligibility — a strong college readiness signal. 81.1% of graduates go on to college within a year.

Chronic absenteeism is 15.7%, better than the state average of 34.0%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

21.2%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

50.8%

Students meeting standard

Chronic Absenteeism

15.7%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

3.2%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

875

Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
11th	439	34.2%	38.5%	18.0%	9.3%	72.7%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
11th	436	8.3%	20.6%	30.5%	40.6%	28.9%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

No feeder data available for this level

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Middle

Bonita Vista Middle

No score

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High School

Bonita Vista Senior High

64.684th pctile

This school

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.