Banning Independent Study

Banning, California, is home to Banning Independent Study, a very small school serving multiple grade levels. Total enrollment is 84 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 12. That is 86% below the average of about 602 students for combined schools in California.

Banning Independent Study is one school in Banning Unified, a system of 9 schools with 4,234 students.

Federal enrollment data show Banning Independent Study is 69% Hispanic. Other groups include 11% White, 11% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Native American. The county population is about 51% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 49%.

There are about 19.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Banning Independent Study, which has 4.4. The ratio is within a point of the 18.6:1 average for combined schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 90%. On average, public schools in Riverside County report 74%.

In Riverside County, the median household earns about $93,074 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Riverside County, 543 public schools serve about 424,872 students.

Nicolet Middle sits less than a tenth of a mile from Banning Independent Study. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

NCES describes the area around Banning Independent Study as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment was 153 in 2020-21 and 84 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves.

This page is set up for the Banning Independent Study community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.