Bonsall Unified’s 3 public elementary schools run from the 5th to the 79th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Elementary · 3 schools
from 5th to 79th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Bonsall West Elementary: 79th percentile, Strong
Bonsall Elementary: 50th percentile, Solid
Vivian Banks Charter: 5th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
1Strong
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One dot per school.
Middle and high school pictures
Middle · 1 school
at 72nd · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Norman L. Sullivan Middle: 72nd percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
0Strong
High · 1 school
at 39th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests
Bonsall High: 39th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
1Developing
0Solid
0Strong
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One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level.
The average elementary school in Bonsall Unified had 9 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 Bonsall Unified stand?
Norman L. Sullivan Middle is at the 72nd percentile.
That’s higher than 72 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). It’s the only public middle school we score in Bonsall Unified.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
Where does the high school we score in Bonsall Unified stand?
Bonsall High is at the 39th percentile.
That’s higher than 39 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). It’s the only public high school we score in Bonsall Unified.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
Where does Bonsall Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?
Bonsall Unified spent $18,214 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 59 cents of every Bonsall 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
Instruction59%
Instruction support10%
Student services12%
Administration8%
Buildings & maintenance11%
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
$9.1 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 36 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 23% of its $39.6 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, 182 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
The money is spread out. No action gets more than 14%, and the three largest, Transportation Services; Adequate Resources and Safe and Clean Facilities for Students and Staff; and Expanded Learning Opportunities, take 39% between them. The plan itself puts 69% of it toward staff.
Transportation Services $1.3 million
Adequate Resources and Safe and Clean Facilities for Students and Staff $1.3 million
Expanded Learning Opportunities $981,646
33 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
6 of the plan’s 36 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name reading, math or English learners
Reading $36,275
Math $24,800
English learners $967,123
Largest of these
Long-Term English Learner Support$505,623
English Learner Supports$429,000
Literacy Achievement$36,275
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 $3.4 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $3.2 million and estimates it spent $3.3 million, $0.1 million (1%) more than planned (our arithmetic).
$3.3 million spent (estimated)$3.2 million planned
What changed
The total is $145,826 (2%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Student Health Support, which went from $480,214 to $771,681.
Largest cuts
Career Technical Education−$269,465
Core Content Textbook Adoptions and High Quality Instructional Materials−$147,919
Comprehensive Arts Program−$70,775
Largest increases
Student Health Support+$291,467
Improve BUSD Attendance and Chronic Absenteeism Rates+$194,943
Adequate Resources and Safe and Clean Facilities for Students and Staff+$193,153
New in the 2026–27 plan
Long-Term English Learner Support$505,623
Increased Systems of Support LREBG-Funded Action$356,000
Counseling Services and Social-Emotional Learning LREBG-Funded Action$340,000
Ask: What did Career Technical Education pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $269,465 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
Measure
2024–25
2025–26
Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1
54%
53%
down 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 3
42%
43%
up 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 2
15 in 100
12 in 100
3 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 2
2.7%
1.8%
down 0.9 pts
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
Transportation Services · $1,299,243
Adequate Resources and Safe and Clean Facilities for Students and Staff · $1,265,000
Expanded Learning Opportunities · $981,646
The full plan3 goals, 35 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 ($9.1 million).
Where does the money go?
47% to Goal 2. 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.
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals
Every goal, in the plan’s order
Goal 1Bonsall Unified will ensure resource stewardship provides for a safe, secure, and dynamic environment where…$2.5 million28% of action budgets
“Bonsall Unified will ensure resource stewardship provides for a safe, secure, and dynamic environment where all learners belong and thrive” p. 32 ↗
9 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.7 million (−$184,218)
Largest funded actions
Adequate Resources and Safe and Clean Facilities for Students and Staff$1.3 millionaction 1.4 · p. 138 ↗
Career Technical Education$0.7 millionaction 1.6 · p. 138 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $113,000 is state funding counted toward those services
Core Content Textbook Adoptions and High Quality Instructional Materials$0.2 millionaction 1.2 · p. 138 ↗
Adequate Access to Technology$0.1 millionaction 1.9 · p. 138 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Progress Monitoring and Systematic Data Analysis$0.1 millionaction 1.8 · p. 138 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
4 more funded actions in this goal
Recruit and Retain Effective Staff · action 1.3 · p. 138 ↗$0.1 million
Bonsall Forward Initiative · action 1.5 · p. 138 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Comprehensive School Site Safety Plans · action 1.10 · p. 138 ↗under $0.1 million
Annual Educational Partner Surveys regarding LCAP and School Climate · action 1.1 · p. 138 ↗under $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Career Technical Education−$0.3 million$1.0 million → $0.7 million · p. 138 ↗
Adequate Resources and Safe and Clean Facilities for Students and Staff+$0.2 million$1.1 million → $1.3 million · p. 138 ↗
Core Content Textbook Adoptions and High Quality Instructional Materials−$147,919$333,964 → $186,045 · p. 138 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Adequate Access to Technology · $140,000 → $122,000 · p. 138 ↗−$18,000
Progress Monitoring and Systematic Data Analysis · $96,487 → $97,000 · p. 138 ↗+$513
Recruit and Retain Effective Staff · $67,500 · p. 138 ↗new or renamed
Comprehensive School Site Safety Plans · $5,000 → $5,000 · p. 138 ↗unchanged
Annual Educational Partner Surveys regarding LCAP and School Climate · $3,500 → $3,500 · p. 138 ↗unchanged
A reworded title counts as new.
How the plan measures it · 9 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 32 ↗.
Goal 2Foster a collaborative, trusting, and equitable culture among students, families, and all educational…$4.3 million47% of action budgets
“Foster a collaborative, trusting, and equitable culture among students, families, and all educational partners through intentional engagement that is creative and meaningful” p. 54 ↗
13 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $4.1 million (+$158,908)
Largest funded actions
Transportation Services$1.3 millionaction 2.13 · p. 140 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $595,054 is state funding counted toward those services
Comprehensive Arts Program$0.9 millionaction 2.8 · p. 139 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $480,384 is state funding counted toward those services
Student Health Support$0.8 millionaction 2.12 · p. 139 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $188,762 is state funding counted toward those services
Increased Systems of Support LREBG-Funded Action$0.4 millionaction 2.6 · p. 139 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $215,321 is state funding counted toward those services
Counseling Services and Social-Emotional Learning LREBG-Funded Action$0.3 millionaction 2.10 · p. 139 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $155,720 is state funding counted toward those services
8 more funded actions in this goal
Improve BUSD Attendance and Chronic Absenteeism Rates · action 2.4 · p. 139 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
Communications through websites, social media, and other community outreach · action 2.5 · p. 139 ↗$0.1 million
Future Readiness and High School Graduation Supports · action 2.9 · p. 139 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Educational Partner Engagement · action 2.3 · p. 139 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $45,000 is state funding counted toward those services$0.1 million
English Learner Parent Supports · action 2.1 · p. 138 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Physical Education/Athletics · action 2.7 · p. 139 ↗under $0.1 million
Equity and Inclusion · action 2.11 · p. 139 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
English Learner Reclassification Recognition Events · action 2.2 · p. 139 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Student Health Support+$291,467$480,214 → $771,681 · p. 139 ↗
Improve BUSD Attendance and Chronic Absenteeism Rates+$194,943$62,733 → $257,676 · p. 139 ↗
Transportation Services+$0.1 million$1.2 million → $1.3 million · p. 140 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Comprehensive Arts Program · $949,072 → $878,297 · p. 139 ↗−$70,775
Increased Systems of Support LREBG-Funded Action · $356,000 · p. 139 ↗new or renamed
Counseling Services and Social-Emotional Learning LREBG-Funded Action · $340,000 · p. 139 ↗new or renamed
Communications through websites, social media, and other community outreach · $147,000 → $147,000 · p. 139 ↗unchanged
Future Readiness and High School Graduation Supports · $111,637 → $119,125 · p. 139 ↗+$7,488
English Learner Parent Supports · $30,000 → $30,000 · p. 138 ↗unchanged
Physical Education/Athletics · $35,000 → $20,000 · p. 139 ↗−$15,000
Equity and Inclusion · $6,500 → $6,500 · p. 139 ↗unchanged
English Learner Reclassification Recognition Events · $2,500 → $2,500 · p. 139 ↗unchanged
A reworded title counts as new.
How the plan measures it · 14 measures · 1 quoted
School Attendance Rate Source of Data: AERIES P2 Report Action 2.10 LREBG Metricp. 58 ↗
Baseline
2022-23 Districtwide: 93.92%
Target for year 3
District increase by 2%.
13 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 3Bonsall Unified will create high quality, customized learning and assessment methods that will result in…$2.3 million25% of action budgets
“Bonsall Unified will create high quality, customized learning and assessment methods that will result in increased academic success and future readiness for every student” p. 87 ↗
14 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.1 million (+$171,136)
Largest funded actions
Expanded Learning Opportunities$981,646action 3.12 · p. 140 ↗
Long-Term English Learner Support$505,623action 3.15 · p. 141 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $434,329 is state funding counted toward those services
English Learner Supports$429,000action 3.10 · p. 140 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $378,284 is state funding counted toward those services
Professional Development$107,260action 3.4 · p. 140 ↗
Early College and Future Readiness$53,000action 3.13 · p. 140 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $17,000 is state funding counted toward those services
9 more funded actions in this goal
Summer Learning Program · action 3.11 · p. 140 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$50,000
Literacy Achievement · action 3.2 · p. 140 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $22,888 is state funding counted toward those services$36,275
Summer Institute · action 3.8 · p. 140 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$30,000
Math Achievement · action 3.3 · p. 140 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $16,200 is state funding counted toward those services$24,800
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, 2,281 students
1Hispanic or Latino40%
2White39%
3Two or more races9%
4American Indian or Alaska Native5%
5Filipino3%
6Not reported2%
7Asian2%
8Black or African American1%
9Pacific Islander<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
50%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 1,140 of 2,274 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 Bonsall 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, 49% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (65 of 132 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
1 school getting state support, 2025–26
Bonsall High (Targeted support)
Bonsall HighTargeted support: American Indian or Alaska Native students
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.
Which public schools in Bonsall Unified rank highest?
Elementary: Bonsall West Elementary, 79th percentile (Strong). Middle: Norman L. Sullivan Middle, 72nd percentile (Solid). High: Bonsall High, 39th percentile (Developing). 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 Bonsall 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.
More questions (5)
Are the public schools in Bonsall Unified good?
Bonsall Unified’s 3 public elementary schools run from the 5th to the 79th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 1 Solid and 1 Needs Support. Bonsall Unified has one public middle school we score, Norman L. Sullivan Middle, at the 72nd percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid. Bonsall Unified has one public high school we score, Bonsall High, at the 39th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Developing. 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 Bonsall Unified compare with California?
The average elementary school in Bonsall Unified had 9 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 Bonsall Unified spend per student?
Bonsall Unified spent $18,214 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 59 cents of every Bonsall 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 Bonsall Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $9.1 million into 36 funded actions in 3 goals, 23% of its $39.6 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $4.3 million, 47% 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 Bonsall 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.