School district · Riverside County

Banning Unified schools

Banning Unified’s 4 public elementary schools all sit between the 5th and the 8th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Elementary · 4 schools

from 5th to 8th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Hoffer Elementary: 8th percentile, Needs Support
  • Cabazon Elementary: 8th percentile, Needs Support
  • Hemmerling Elementary: 7th percentile, Needs Support
  • Central Elementary: 5th percentile, Needs Support
4Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
0Strong

One dot per school.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 1 school

at 17th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Nicolet Middle: 17th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
0Strong

High · 1 school

at 15th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Banning High: 15th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
0Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level.

  • 2 schools not ranked statewide

Schools around Banning Unified

8 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

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Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in Banning Unified score highest?

Hoffer Elementary and Cabazon Elementary are highest, both at the 8th percentile.

That’s higher than 8 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Banning Unified

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Show the other 1 elementary school
Context

The average elementary school in Banning Unified had 18 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.

Middle schools

Where does the middle school we score in Banning Unified stand?

Nicolet Middle is at the 17th percentile.

That’s higher than 17 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). It’s the only public middle school we score in Banning Unified.

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

1 middle school not ranked statewide

High schools

Where does the high school we score in Banning Unified stand?

Banning High is at the 15th percentile.

That’s higher than 15 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). It’s the only public high school we score in Banning Unified.

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

  • Banning HighBanning · On the rise
    15thNeeds SupportScope Score 44
1 high school not ranked statewide
  • New Horizon HighContinuation high school: compared only with other continuation schools

The district

Where does Banning Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?

Banning Unified spent $21,430 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 60 cents of every Banning Unified dollar went to classroom instruction.

Spending by function

Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.

Share by function, 2024–25

  • Instruction60%
  • Instruction support10%
  • Student services10%
  • Administration7%
  • Buildings & maintenance12%
  • Other1%

Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.

What the district plans

$32.8 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 30 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 33% of its $98.6 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.

The plan in short

Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 216 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 43% of the money. The plan itself puts 90% of it toward staff.

  • Optimizing Class Sizes for Enhanced Learning Support-Base $8.7 million
  • Strategic Collaboration for Data-Driven Student Success $2.8 million
  • Student Enrichment and Academic Support Initiative $2.5 million
  • 27 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

3 of the plan’s 30 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name catch-up help or English learners
  • Catch-up help $2.5 million
  • English learners $0.9 million

Largest of these

  • Student Enrichment and Academic Support Initiative$2.5 million
  • Strengthening Support for English Learners$715,798
  • Empowering Educators to Enhance English Language Learner Support for ELs and LTELs$180,993
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students

It plans $20.1 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $19.0 million and estimates it spent $19.0 million, within 1% of the plan.

What changed

The total is $1.5 million (5%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Optimizing Class Sizes for Enhanced Learning Support, which went from $1.3 million to $2.1 million.

Largest cuts

  • Recruitment and Retention Initiatives−⁠$725,614
  • Technology Support Staff−⁠$110,854

Largest increases

  • Optimizing Class Sizes for Enhanced Learning Support+⁠$774,496
  • Strategic Collaboration for Data-Driven Student Success+⁠$246,473
  • Strengthening Support for English Learners+⁠$216,804

Ask: What did Recruitment and Retention Initiatives pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $725,614 less?

What its goals measure

Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 127%29%up 2 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 115%18%up 3 pts
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 229 in 10026 in 1003 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 25.1%4.7%down 0.4 pts

Goals 4 and 5 track named schools and Goal 3 tracks other measures, so they aren’t shown here.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Optimizing Class Sizes for Enhanced Learning Support-Base · $8,723,254
  • Strategic Collaboration for Data-Driven Student Success · $2,771,687
  • Student Enrichment and Academic Support Initiative · $2,482,169
The full plan5 goals, 58 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($32.8 million).

Where does the money go?

67% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Accelerate student academic achievement through rigorous and engaging culturally and linguistically…$21.9 million67% of action budgets

“Accelerate student academic achievement through rigorous and engaging culturally and linguistically responsive and standard-based instructional strategies preparing all students to be college and career-ready upon graduation and to be lifelong learners including the academic and language development needs of English Learners and build the capacity of teachers and principals as instructional leaders” p. 24 ↗

17 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $21.1 million (+⁠$794,529)

Largest funded actions

  1. Optimizing Class Sizes for Enhanced Learning Support-Base$8.7 millionaction 1.16 · p. 175 ↗
  2. Strategic Collaboration for Data-Driven Student Success$2.8 millionaction 1.15 · p. 175 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2.3 million is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Instructional Coaching Program$2.1 millionaction 1.1 · p. 173 ↗
  4. Optimizing Class Sizes for Enhanced Learning Support$2.1 millionaction 1.13 · p. 174 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Kindergarten Instructional Aides$0.9 millionaction 1.8 · p. 173 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

12 more funded actions in this goal

  • Enhancing Educational Quality through Strategic Staffing · action 1.3 · p. 173 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.8 million
  • Recruitment and Retention Initiatives · action 1.9 · p. 174 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.8 million
  • Strengthening Support for English Learners · action 1.6 · p. 173 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $665,798 is state funding counted toward those services$0.7 million
  • Technology Support Staff · action 1.4 · p. 173 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.7 million
  • Enhance Student Academic and Developmental Support Services through Comprehensive Counseling Initiatives · action 1.12 · p. 174 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $588,056 is state funding counted toward those services$0.6 million
  • Career Technical Education (CTE) · action 1.10 · p. 174 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.5 million
  • Enhancing Academic Equity and Achievement · action 1.5 · p. 173 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.4 million
  • SPSA Allocations · action 1.11 · p. 174 ↗$0.3 million
  • Empowering Educators to Enhance English Language Learner Support for ELs and LTELs · action 1.7 · p. 173 ↗$0.2 million
  • New Teacher Coaching: California Teacher Induction (CTI) Program · action 1.2 · p. 173 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) Program · action 1.14 · p. 174 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Direct Technical Assistance · action 1.17 · p. 175 ↗under $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Optimizing Class Sizes for Enhanced Learning Support+⁠$0.8 million$1.3 million → $2.1 million · p. 174 ↗
  2. Recruitment and Retention Initiatives−⁠$0.7 million$1.5 million → $0.8 million · p. 174 ↗
  3. Strategic Collaboration for Data-Driven Student Success+⁠$0.2 million$2.5 million → $2.8 million · p. 175 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Optimizing Class Sizes for Enhanced Learning Support-Base · $8.6 million → $8.7 million · p. 175 ↗+⁠$0.1 million
  • Instructional Coaching Program · $2.0 million → $2.1 million · p. 173 ↗+⁠$0.2 million
  • Kindergarten Instructional Aides · $863,258 → $923,392 · p. 173 ↗+⁠$60,134
  • Enhancing Educational Quality through Strategic Staffing · $772,803 → $845,368 · p. 173 ↗+⁠$72,565
  • Strengthening Support for English Learners · $498,994 → $715,798 · p. 173 ↗+⁠$216,804
  • Technology Support Staff · $792,503 → $681,649 · p. 173 ↗−⁠$110,854
  • Enhance Student Academic and Developmental Support Services through Comprehensive Counseling Initiatives · $669,596 → $635,956 · p. 174 ↗−⁠$33,640
  • Career Technical Education (CTE) · $477,670 → $499,042 · p. 174 ↗+⁠$21,372
  • Enhancing Academic Equity and Achievement · $449,664 → $436,922 · p. 173 ↗−⁠$12,742
  • SPSA Allocations · $324,020 → $316,140 · p. 174 ↗−⁠$7,880
  • Empowering Educators to Enhance English Language Learner Support for ELs and LTELs · $168,151 → $180,993 · p. 173 ↗+⁠$12,842
  • New Teacher Coaching: California Teacher Induction (CTI) Program · $111,541 → $106,600 · p. 173 ↗−⁠$4,941
  • Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) Program · $15,504 → $15,558 · p. 174 ↗+⁠$54
  • Direct Technical Assistance · $31,262 → $15,069 · p. 175 ↗−⁠$16,193

How the plan measures it · 32 measures · 3 quoted

  • CAASPP ELA: District Dashboard Data Dataquest: Percentage Met or Exceeded Standard p. 25 ↗
    Baseline
    District: All: 24.16% …
    Target for year 3
    District: All: 32% …
  • CAASPP Math: District Dashboard Data Dataquest: Percentage Met or Exceeded Standard p. 32 ↗
    Baseline
    District: 12.90% …
    Target for year 3
    District: 19.43% …
  • High School Graduation Rate CA School Dashboard p. 39 ↗
    Baseline
    District: All Students 83.7% …
    Target for year 3
    District: All: 90% …

29 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Cultivate a safe and healthy learning environment in a climate that is culturally responsive to all students…$10.4 million32% of action budgets

“Cultivate a safe and healthy learning environment in a climate that is culturally responsive to all students and staff, has tiered academic, behavior, and social emotional interventions and supports and provides emotional safety for students and staff” p. 79 ↗

8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $9.7 million (+⁠$670,163)

Largest funded actions

  1. Student Enrichment and Academic Support Initiative$2.5 millionaction 2.8 · p. 175 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Secure, Safe, and Engaging Learning Environment$2.3 millionaction 2.6 · p. 175 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Administrative Support$1.3 millionaction 2.4 · p. 175 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Student Well Being Initiatives$1.3 millionaction 2.1 · p. 175 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.1 million is state funding counted toward those services
  5. Supplemental School Personnel$1.1 millionaction 2.3 · p. 175 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

3 more funded actions in this goal

  • Safety and School Connectedness · action 2.5 · p. 175 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1.0 million
  • Improving Student Attendance · action 2.2 · p. 175 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.7 million
  • SPSA Allocations · action 2.9 · p. 175 ↗$0.3 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Secure, Safe, and Engaging Learning Environment+⁠$0.2 million$2.1 million → $2.3 million · p. 175 ↗
  2. Student Well Being Initiatives+⁠$0.2 million$1.1 million → $1.3 million · p. 175 ↗
  3. Student Enrichment and Academic Support Initiative+⁠$0.2 million$2.3 million → $2.5 million · p. 175 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Administrative Support · $1.3 million → $1.3 million · p. 175 ↗+⁠$18,783
  • Supplemental School Personnel · $1.0 million → $1.1 million · p. 175 ↗+⁠$0.1 million
  • Safety and School Connectedness · $913,151 → $951,663 · p. 175 ↗+⁠$38,512
  • Improving Student Attendance · $616,489 → $672,470 · p. 175 ↗+⁠$55,981
  • SPSA Allocations · $324,020 → $316,140 · p. 175 ↗−⁠$7,880

How the plan measures it · 8 measures · 3 quoted

  • Panorama: Adults Really Care About Children p. 80 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 55% of students feel adults really care about them.
    Target for year 3
    70% of students will feel adults really care about them.
  • Panorama: Learning Environments Supporting/Inviting, connectedness p. 80 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 70% of students report port they feel connected to school
    Target for year 3
    85% of students report port they feel connected to school
  • Suspension Rate (Dashboard) p. 80 ↗
    Baseline
    District: All: 7.9% …
    Target for year 3
    District: All: 4.9% …

5 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 3Increase parent and community engagement by developing sustained and transparent relationships with community…$362,4021% of action budgets

“Increase parent and community engagement by developing sustained and transparent relationships with community partners as collaborators” p. 103 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $343,470 (+⁠$18,932)

Largest funded actions

  1. Parent and Community Communication$252,594action 3.2 · p. 176 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Parent and Community Involvement$94,480action 3.1 · p. 175 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. SPSA Allocations$15,328action 3.3 · p. 176 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Parent and Community Communication+⁠$9,269$243,325 → $252,594 · p. 176 ↗
  2. Parent and Community Involvement+⁠$8,371$86,109 → $94,480 · p. 175 ↗
  3. SPSA Allocations+⁠$1,292$14,036 → $15,328 · p. 176 ↗

How the plan measures it · 6 measures · 1 quoted

  • Approved Parent Volunteers p. 104 ↗
    Baseline
    71
    Target for year 3
    100

5 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 4 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalBy June 2027, New Horizons High School and Banning Independent Study will enhance educational equity and…$91,226under 1% of action budgets

“By June 2027, New Horizons High School and Banning Independent Study will enhance educational equity and student success by leveraging Equity Multiplier funds to implement targeted interventions and support strategies designed to improve academic achievement, graduation rates, college and career readiness, and access to appropriately credentialed teachers. These efforts will include expanding Career Technical Education (CTE) pathways, providing professional development for teachers, implementing personalized learning plans, increasing access to academic and social- emotional supports, and fostering supportive and inclusive learning environments. Based on the 2025 California School Dashboard, College and Career Readiness and Graduation Rates remain significant areas of need for both New Horizons High School and Banning Independent Study. For the College and Career Indicator (CCI), New Horizons High School remains in the lowest performance level, with only 4.1% of students prepared, including 4.3% of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged students and 5.7% of Hispanic students meeting college and career readiness criteria. Banning Independent Study improved from 13.6% to 19.6% prepared, but continues to have a low percentage of students meeting readiness measures. Graduation outcomes also demonstrate a need for continued support. At New Horizons High School, the graduation rate for All Students is 63.3%, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged students is 61.7%, and Hispanic students is 54.3%, all significantly below the district graduation rate of 83.9%. These outcomes indicate a need for additional interventions focused on credit attainment, attendance, student engagement, and academic success. Academic achievement remains a challenge as well. At Banning Independent Study, mathematics performance remains in the lowest performance level, with All Students performing at -157 DFS, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged students at -156.5 DFS, and Hispanic students at -151.8 DFS. Additionally, Banning Independent Study continues to perform below standard in English Language Arts (-80.4 DFS), highlighting the need for targeted instructional support and intervention. Teacher assignment data further demonstrates an equity need. While 93.6% of the District's teaching Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) positions are filled by fully credentialed teachers, only 77.6% of teachers at Banning Independent Study and 51.1% of teachers at New Horizons High School hold clear credentials. These data indicate a need to strengthen recruitment, retention, professional learning, and support systems to ensure students have equitable access to highly qualified educators” p. 113 ↗

1 funded action · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Enhance Support and Opportunities for Alternative Education Students$91,226action 4.1 · p. 176 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Enhance Support and Opportunities for Alternative Education Students · $91,226 → $91,226 · p. 176 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 8 measures · 3 quoted

  • CAASPP ELA: Dashboard Data p. 115 ↗
    Baseline
    District: -72.6 …
    Target for year 3
    District: All: -60.3 …
  • CAASPP Math: Dashboard Data p. 115 ↗
    Baseline
    District: -111.6 …
    Target for year 3
    District: All: -98.8 …
  • Graduation Rate p. 116 ↗
    Baseline
    District: 83.70% …
    Target for year 3
    District: All: 90% …

5 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 5 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalBy June 2027 the goal is to improve educational equity and student success at Florida Street Discovery Center…$27,368under 1% of action budgets

“By June 2027 the goal is to improve educational equity and student success at Florida Street Discovery Center by leveraging the remaining Equity Multiplier funds (Florida Street no longer qualifies for Equity Multiplier funds) to implement targeted literacy and numeracy strategies to promote learning and achievement for students entering kindergarten and the comprehensive school system. Implement targeted strategies to improve academic outcomes, social-emotional well- being, and overall school climate for unduplicated students. This will be achieved through professional development for teachers, expanding early literacy and numeracy programs, integrating a comprehensive SEL curriculum, fostering an engaging and inclusive learning environment, enhancing learning through play-based activities, and regular progress monitoring and assessment. While Florida Street does not generate California School Dashboard Indicators, local data and educational partner consultations indicate that early numeracy and literacy, as well as school engagement are priority areas. Florida Street has a 2023-24 Teaching Assignment Monitoring Outcomes Clear Credential rate of 60.0%” p. 121 ↗

1 funded action · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Enhance Early Learning Opportunities for Transitional Kindergarten Students$27,368action 5.1 · p. 176 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Enhance Early Learning Opportunities for Transitional Kindergarten Students · $27,368 → $27,368 · p. 176 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 4 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 121 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends

Student mix

2024–25 · October enrollment count, 4,237 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 75%2. White: 9%3. Black or African American: 7%4. Asian: 4%5. Two or more races: 3%6. American Indian or Alaska Native: 2%7. Filipino: <1%8. Pacific Islander: <1%9. Not reported: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino75%
  2. White9%
  3. Black or African American7%
  4. Asian4%
  5. Two or more races3%
  6. American Indian or Alaska Native2%
  7. Filipino<1%
  8. Pacific Islander<1%
  9. Not reported<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools. Rounded labels may not total 100%; segments use the original shares.

Free or reduced-price meals

92%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 3,803 of 4,148 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.

The district’s state records

Is the state giving the district extra help?

The state is giving Banning Unified extra help in 2026, the second year after it qualified on the 2025 Dashboard.

How English learners moved up on the state’s English test

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 44% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (269 of 616 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

2 schools getting state support, 2025–26

Hemmerling Elementary (Targeted support) · Hoffer Elementary (Extra targeted support)

This list covers the district’s own schools; each charter school’s page shows its record. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (CDE) ↗ · School support (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

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Common questions

Which public schools in Banning Unified rank highest?

Elementary: 2 schools at the 8th percentile (Needs Support): Hoffer Elementary and Cabazon Elementary. Middle: Nicolet Middle, 17th percentile (Needs Support). High: Banning High, 15th percentile (Needs Support). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

Does living in the Banning Unified district decide which school my child attends?

Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
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Are the public schools in Banning Unified good?

Banning Unified’s 4 public elementary schools run from the 5th to the 8th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 4 Needs Support. Banning Unified has one public middle school we score, Nicolet Middle, at the 17th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Needs Support. Banning Unified has one public high school we score, Banning High, at the 15th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Needs Support. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

How does chronic absence in Banning Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Banning Unified had 18 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

How much does Banning Unified spend per student?

Banning Unified spent $21,430 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 60 cents of every Banning Unified dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.

What is in Banning Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $32.8 million into 30 funded actions in 5 goals, 33% of its $98.6 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $21.9 million, 67% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP): spring 2026 for elementary and middle schools, spring 2025 for high schools, and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools governed and funded by Banning Unified, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 elementary and middle school; 2024–25 high school

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

View CDE data ↗ (opens in a new tab)How Scope Scores work →

Download these schools (CSV)Free to use under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.