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Which teacher or staff member at Bella Vista High deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,939
High
DISTRICT 827 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JUAN UNIFIED·NCES 063462005756
Bella Vista High
8301 Madison Ave., Fair Oaks, CA 95628 · (916) 971-5052 · Sacramento County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,939 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of California public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
691 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 501 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 516 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 468 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 454 | 23% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
62.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.0pp since 2014
Math
40.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.8% | 32.1% | 19.8% | 18.2% |
| Math | 17.8% | 22.6% | 26.0% | 33.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 40.3% |
| 2023-24 | 57.5% | 40.9% |
| 2022-23 | 66.8% | 43.2% |
| 2021-22 | 71.4% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 74.0% | 52.1% |
| 2018-19 | 70.6% | 51.0% |
| 2017-18 | 65.3% | 47.5% |
| 2016-17 | 77.1% | 50.8% |
| 2015-16 | 76.0% | 54.0% |
| 2014-15 | 65.0% | 45.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bella Vista High
Bella Vista High's state test result (50.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bella Vista High this school | 1,939 | 35.6% | 50.2% |
| Carlsbad High Carlsbad | 2,336 | 31.5% | 59.0% |
| San Luis Obispo High San Luis Obispo | 1,678 | 39.0% | 59.3% |
| Burbank High Burbank | 2,457 | 37.4% | 44.3% |
| San Clemente High San Clemente | 2,740 | 37.6% | 62.6% |
| Analy High Sebastopol | 1,473 | 40.9% | 49.1% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bella Vista High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #316 of 1,052 | #8 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #267 of 1,056 ▼ 23 | #9 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #424 of 1,056 ▲ 55 | #10 of 45 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.1pp | #162 of 1,044 | #11 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,939 | #324 of 2,093 | #12 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #1,137 of 1,352 | #42 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #454 of 1,351 | #45 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.6% | #1,352 of 1,575 | #60 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #735 of 802 | #20 of 23 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,939
+4 (+0%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 1,627
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 24.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,939 | 79.8 | 24.3:1 | 36% (691) |
| 2023-24 | 1,926 | 80.8 | 23.8:1 | 32% (620) |
| 2022-23 | 1,924 | 78.6 | 24.5:1 | 29% (564) |
| 2020-21 | 1,935 | 78 | 24.8:1 | 23% (436) |
| 2017-18 | 1,984 | 80.2 | 24.7:1 | 29% (571) |
| 2015-16 | 2,065 | 80 | 25.8:1 | 24% (502) |
| 2010-11 | 1,958 | N/A | N/A | 20% (394) |
| 2000-01 | 1,845 | 75 | 24.6:1 | 4% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 1,627 | 65 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bella Vista High.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (1,984 to 1,939); teachers unchanged (80.2 to 79.8).
About Bella Vista High
Bella Vista High is a high-enrollment high school in Fair Oaks, California, (ZIP code 95628). It has an enrollment of 1,939 students in grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 838 students for high schools in California.
The San Juan Unified system has 67 schools and 39,171 students.
About 59% of the student body at Bella Vista High is White. Other students are 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 3% Black. By comparison, Sacramento County residents are about 45% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 79.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, Bella Vista High has a ratio of 24.3:1. Compared with the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 36%. It compares with 63% for public schools in Sacramento County.
Bella Vista High holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 41% of California public high schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 58.7% at Bella Vista High; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 50.2%.
In the surrounding county, Sacramento County, the median household earns about $92,175 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Sacramento County has 387 public schools with about 259,342 students, including Bella Vista High.
Bella Vista High's closest public school neighbor is Northridge Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Bella Vista High holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 39.3% on proficiency, and Bella Vista High is above that at 50.2%.
NCES assigns Bella Vista High the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 1,939, starting from 1,935.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Bella Vista High. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Sacramento County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,594,006
Census ACS
Median income
$92,175
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
387
259,342 students
Quick facts
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- Arden MiddleMiddle · 1,010 students
Other schools in Fair Oaks
- Del Campo HighHigh · 1,548 students
- Earl LeGette ElementaryElementary · 622 students
- Orangevale Open K-8Elementary · 593 students
- Will Rogers MiddleMiddle · 564 students
- Northridge ElementaryElementary · 423 students
- Harry Dewey Fundamental ElementaryElementary · 408 students
Nearby schools
- Northridge Elementary0.5 mi · 423
- Orangevale Open K-81.0 mi · 593
- Andrew Carnegie Middle1.1 mi · 687
- Earl LeGette Elementary1.1 mi · 622
- Kingswood K-81.4 mi · 546
- Trajan Elementary1.4 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About Bella Vista HighHow large is Bella Vista High?
Bella Vista High enrolls approximately 1,939 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Bella Vista High serve?
Bella Vista High serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Bella Vista High?
Approximately 24.3:1 students per teacher at Bella Vista High.
How diverse is Bella Vista High?
Bella Vista High reports a student body of 59% White, 23% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Bella Vista High?
Bella Vista High is overseen by San Juan Unified in Sacramento County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.