Summary:
The supplied list includes one middle school in Bonsall Unified: Norman L. Sullivan Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 529 students. Its latest results show performance above California in all three subjects: 52% in ELA versus 49% statewide, 42% in math versus 38%, and 44% in science versus 36%. The most important takeaway is that Sullivan’s clearest advantage over the state is in science, where it is ahead by 8 percentage points.
Because Sullivan is the only school listed, there is no school-to-school top or bottom to identify. By grade, its strongest relative math results are in grade 7, at 47% compared with 38% statewide (9 points higher), and grade 6, at 44% versus 37% (7 points higher); grade 8 math is effectively even with the state at 36%. ELA is more mixed: grade 7 is 6 points above the state and grade 8 is 4 points above, while grade 6 is 1 point below. Grade 8 science is 44%, 9 points above the state. These differences show why the all-grades results do not tell the whole story.
Math improved the most over time: Sullivan rose 6 percentage points, from 36% in 2024–2025 to 42% in 2025–2026, moving from 2 points below California to 4 points above. Science remains strong but its lead narrowed: the school’s result fell 4 points, while the state’s rose 3, reducing Sullivan’s advantage from 15 points to 8. ELA slipped 1 point, and its lead narrowed from 4 points to 3. SchoolDigger ranks Sullivan 825th of 2,703 schools, in the 69th percentile, compared with 895th of 2,783 in 2023–2024, in the 68th percentile. Chronic absenteeism is 7% at Sullivan, versus 12% districtwide and 18% statewide. For context, 55% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student–teacher ratio was 22.3 in 2024–2025.
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