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Enrollment
972
Middle
DISTRICT 880 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SWEETWATER UNION HIGH·NCES 063864006474
Bonita Vista Middle
650 Otay Lakes Rd., Chula Vista, CA 91910 · (619) 397-2200 · San Diego County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL972 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of California public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
383 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 489 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 483 | 50% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
46.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.7pp since 2014
Math
40.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.8% | 29.5% | 24.3% | 29.4% |
| Math | 22.1% | 18.1% | 21.8% | 38.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.3% | 40.2% |
| 2023-24 | 50.1% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.5% | 37.8% |
| 2021-22 | 57.9% | 33.6% |
| 2020-21 | 53.5% | 48.4% |
| 2018-19 | 57.8% | 38.6% |
| 2017-18 | 56.0% | 39.1% |
| 2016-17 | 62.4% | 45.1% |
| 2015-16 | 56.0% | 41.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 41.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bonita Vista Middle
Bonita Vista Middle's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonita Vista Middle this school | 972 | 39.4% | 44.5% |
| Lone Hill Middle San Dimas | 870 | 38.9% | 62.7% |
| Sierra Vista Junior High Canyon Country | 946 | 43.4% | 42.5% |
| Solorsano Middle Gilroy | 749 | 48.9% | 37.4% |
| Sandburg Middle Glendora | 695 | 30.8% | 46.9% |
| Borel Middle San Mateo | 903 | 46.4% | 43.7% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bonita Vista Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #428 of 1,224 | #37 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #404 of 1,227 ▼ 29 | #35 of 92 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #565 of 1,227 ▼ 122 | #47 of 92 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #174 of 1,214 | #21 of 91 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 972 | #223 of 1,377 | #19 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #1,111 of 1,279 | #89 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.2% | #744 of 1,278 | #72 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.4% | #1,054 of 1,329 | #72 of 102 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #509 of 930 | #46 of 73 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
972
+54 (+6%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 1,703
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 24.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 972 | 40 | 24.3:1 | 39% (383) |
| 2023-24 | 927 | 34.4 | 26.9:1 | 35% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 839 | 33.8 | 24.9:1 | 39% (325) |
| 2020-21 | 918 | 37 | 24.8:1 | 42% (386) |
| 2017-18 | 1,141 | 48.1 | 23.7:1 | 49% (554) |
| 2015-16 | 1,188 | 50 | 23.8:1 | 39% (464) |
| 2010-11 | 1,134 | N/A | N/A | 26% (290) |
| 2000-01 | 1,241 | 54 | 23.0:1 | 18% (227) |
| 1990-91 | 1,703 | 64 | 26.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bonita Vista Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (1,141 to 972); teachers down 17% (48.1 to 40).
About Bonita Vista Middle
Students in Chula Vista, California, attend Bonita Vista Middle, a medium-sized middle school. The student body numbers 972 students, from grades 7 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in California is about 659, so this school runs 47% bigger than that.
Sweetwater Union High includes 28 schools. Together they enroll 33,517 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Bonita Vista Middle, at 73%. The remaining shares are 11% White, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of San Diego County's population at about 35%. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Bonita Vista Middle total 40 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 24.3:1. That is 3.6 students per teacher above the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 39%. Among public schools in San Diego County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
Measured against California public middle schools, Bonita Vista Middle receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In California, Bonita Vista Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 44.5% actual against a predicted 56.5%.
Census Bureau estimates for San Diego County show that the median household income is $106,268, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Bonita Vista Middle is one of 766 public schools in the county.
Bonita Vista Senior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Bonita Vista Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Bonita Vista Middle ranks 8th of 8 nearby schools, at 44.5% versus a 55.3% average.
Under the NCES locale system, Bonita Vista Middle is City: Large.
The school enrolled 972 students in 2024-25, 54 more than the 918 it had in 2020-21.
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San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sweetwater Union High
- Eastlake HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Otay Ranch Senior HighHigh · 2,440 students
- Sweetwater HighHigh · 2,290 students
- Olympian HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Bonita Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,960 students
- San Ysidro HighHigh · 1,941 students
Other schools in Chula Vista
- Eastlake HighHigh · 2,557 students
- Otay Ranch Senior HighHigh · 2,440 students
- Olympian HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Bonita Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,960 students
- Chula Vista Senior HighHigh · 1,864 students
- Hilltop Senior HighHigh · 1,771 students
Nearby schools
- Bonita Vista Senior High0.5 mi · 1,960
- Discovery Charter0.8 mi · 945
- Chula Vista Hills Elementary0.9 mi · 430
- Tiffany (Burton C.) Elementary0.9 mi · 534
- EastLake Elementary1.3 mi · 527
- Rancho del Rey Middle1.3 mi · 1,705
Frequently asked questions
About Bonita Vista MiddleHow many students attend Bonita Vista Middle?
Bonita Vista Middle enrolls approximately 972 students in grades 07-08.
Is Bonita Vista Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bonita Vista Middle is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Bonita Vista Middle?
Approximately 24.3:1 students per teacher at Bonita Vista Middle.
What is the student diversity at Bonita Vista Middle?
Student demographics at Bonita Vista Middle are roughly 11% White, 73% Hispanic, 3% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Bonita Vista Middle public or private?
Bonita Vista Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sweetwater Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.