Bonsall High

As an intimate 9-12 campus in Bonsall, California, Bonsall High hosts 342 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Bonsall Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Bonsall High sits 59% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Bonsall Unified, which oversees 5 schools and 2,274 students, Bonsall High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bonsall High reports that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 23% White, 10% Native American, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bonsall High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.8%, the actual is 33.8%, a residual of -6.0 points.

In the area at large, census data for San Diego County shows median household earnings sit near $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Bonsall High is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: Norman L. Sullivan Middle, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Bonsall High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bonsall High at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 42.4%.

Bonsall High operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 329 students in 2018 compared to 342 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 23% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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