Bonita Vista Middle

Set in Chula Vista, California, Bonita Vista Middle is a moderately sized middle-grades school, overseen by Sweetwater Union High. It caters to 972 students across grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 47% bigger than the state mean of about 659.

Sweetwater Union High runs 28 schools in total, collectively educating 33,517 students. Bonita Vista Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Bonita Vista Middle records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 73%. Beyond that, the school shows 11% White, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

On the income-and-resources front, Bonita Vista Middle lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.3:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bonita Vista Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.0%; this one delivers 45.6%.

In the area at large, census data for San Diego County shows median household income runs about $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Bonita Vista Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Bonita Vista Senior High, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bonita Vista Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.5%.

Bonita Vista Middle operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bonita Vista Middle has edged down 15%, going from 1,141 students in 2018 to 972 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 66% to 73% over that span.

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