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Banning Unified Schools
Banning Unified is a public school district in California, based in Riverside County (Banning). SchoolGrade grades 9 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Banning Unified on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Banning Unified
8 of 9 schools in Banning Unified carry a SchoolGrade (1 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
B: 1C: 2D: 4F: 1
Best schools in Banning Unified
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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- B- Banning High (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- C- Cabazon Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- C- Hemmerling Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- D Central Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- D Hoffer Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- D Banning Independent Study (K-12 school, doesn't meet expectations)
- D New Horizon High (High school, underperforms expectations)
- F Nicolet Middle (Middle school, underperforms expectations)
Every school in Banning Unified
High schools (2)
- B- Banning High, Banning
- D New Horizon High, Banning
Middle and junior high schools (1)
- F Nicolet Middle, Banning
Elementary and primary schools (4)
- C- Cabazon Elementary, Cabazon
- D Central Elementary, Banning
- C- Hemmerling Elementary, Banning
- D Hoffer Elementary, Banning
Other schools and academies (2)
- D Banning Independent Study, Banning
- Florida Street Discovery Center, Banning
Where Banning Unified schools are
About this district
- State: Best schools in California
- County: Riverside County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: large suburb (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 4,316 students with 202 full-time-equivalent teachers and 566 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 0603840
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- San Jacinto Unified (14 schools, 15 mi)
- Beaumont Unified (13 schools, 15 mi)
- Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified (13 schools, 17 mi)
- Palm Springs Unified (27 schools, 18 mi)
- Bear Valley Unified (6 schools, 20 mi)
- Hemet Unified (27 schools, 21 mi)
- Nuview Union (4 schools, 21 mi)
- Redlands Unified (25 schools, 22 mi)
Questions about Banning Unified
How many schools are in Banning Unified?
SchoolGrade grades 9 public schools in Banning Unified, across 2 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Banning Unified serve?
The largest by graded schools: Banning, Cabazon.
How good are the schools in Banning Unified?
Across the 8 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is D+, with 20.8% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 22.5%. 38% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Banning Unified?
4,316 students were enrolled in Banning Unified in the 2023-24 school year, about 21.4 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Banning Unified?
Banning Unified is in California, based in Riverside County, with its district office in Banning. Its boundary covers about 306 sq mi.