Vivian Banks Charter is a K-5 school.

It serves grades K-5 (California Department of Education school directory), so it has no graduating class and there is nothing to measure for UC admissions. Its enrollment, student body and state test results are below.

Vivian Banks Charter

Pala · San Diego County · Bonsall Unified · Public

Public San Diego County Bonsall Unified → CDS 3776851…
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At a glance

Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

How Vivian Banks Charter compares for families

What families should know about Vivian Banks Charter.

  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: All Tribes Elementary Charter, Limitless Learning Academy, Mountain View Learning Academy and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

These come from the state and federal files, not from UC — so they are here whether or not Vivian Banks Charter has a UC admissions record.

Student-Counselor Ratio
Counseling here is unusually well-staffed — about 108 students per counselor, near what experts recommend.
108:1
0.5 FTE counselors · 54 students
In context: CA median 337:1 · 229 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: total enrollment.

Kids show up: 14% are chronically absent versus about 21% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.
Chronic absent
13.5%
10 of 74 students

Absenteeism is down 4.2 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

San Diego County median
18.8% · school is better than 66% of 208 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
98 (2018)54 (2026)
-44.9%

If this trend holds (-6.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~51 -3 $0
3 yr (2029) ~45 -9 $0
5 yr (2031) ~39 -15 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

How does Vivian Banks Charter really compare on getting kids to college?

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Your similar-school group includes

All Tribes Elementary Charter · Limitless Learning Academy · Mountain View Learning Academy · Baypoint Preparatory Academy - San Diego · Barona Indian Charter · Fallbrook Virtual Academy · +4 more

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Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the San Diego County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

86% of students who start the year here finish it here.
Stability rate
86.1%
68 of 79 students

11 of 79 students who enrolled at Vivian Banks Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (13.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Diego County median
88.8% · school is in the 37th percentile of 210 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 38th percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (60) 83.3%
Hispanic / Latino (43) 81.4%
American Indian / AN (34) 91.2%
Students w/ disabilities (22) 86.4%

Nearest peer high schools

All Tribes Elementary Charter 89.8% Limitless Learning Academy 64.0% Mountain View Learning Academy 69.4% Baypoint Preparatory Academy - San Diego 86.9% Barona Indian Charter 93.3%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

District financial profile — Bonsall Unified (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue
$40.0M
+23.8% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$18,497
2,164 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 44.2%
Local: 44.8%
Federal: 11.1%
Instruction share
60.0%
of current spending · $8,235/pupil
Long-term debt
$24.1M
-6.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($M)
Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Bonsall Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

For School Admins

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