Bonita Canyon Elementary

Bonita Canyon Elementary is a K-5 school of cozy scale in Irvine, California, one of the schools within Irvine Unified, enrolling 395 students in grades K through 6.

Bonita Canyon Elementary is one of 44 schools operated by Irvine Unified, a district that enrolls 37,948 students overall.

On demographics, Bonita Canyon Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 33% Asian, 13% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Bonita Canyon Elementary shows 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 14% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bonita Canyon Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.1%; this one delivers 81.7%.

In the surrounding community, Orange County reports that median household earnings sit near $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Bonita Canyon Elementary is one.

Vista Verde is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bonita Canyon Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 71.6%.

Bonita Canyon Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bonita Canyon Elementary has contracted 13%, going from 452 students in 2018 to 395 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 27.4:1 in 2018 to 26.4:1 today.

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