Bonsall Elementary

Located at 31555 Old River Rd., in Bonsall, California, Bonsall Elementary is a substantial elementary-level community that educates 949 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Bonsall Unified. That puts it 104% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Bonsall Unified runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,274 students. Bonsall Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Bonsall Elementary reports that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 37% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 5% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of San Diego County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bonsall Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.8%; this one delivers 52.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for San Diego County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Bonsall Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: Norman L. Sullivan Middle, around 2.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bonsall Elementary comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.

Bonsall Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bonsall Elementary has held roughly steady, going from 971 students in 2018 to 949 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 49% to 43%. Class-load math has rose: from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 in 2025.

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