Diablo Vista Middle

Diablo Vista Middle operates as an average-sized 6-8 campus in Danville, California, overseen by San Ramon Valley Unified. Current enrollment sits at 835 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 27% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Within San Ramon Valley Unified, which oversees 36 schools and 28,554 students, Diablo Vista Middle is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Diablo Vista Middle records that 54% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 27% White, 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Contra Costa County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Diablo Vista Middle reports 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Diablo Vista Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Contra Costa County's rate of about 45%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Diablo Vista Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 74.6%, the actual is 76.7%, a residual of +2.1 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Contra Costa County) shows that median household earnings sit near $127,229, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Diablo Vista Middle is one of 280 public schools in Contra Costa County (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students).

Nearest neighbor: Creekside Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Diablo Vista Middle at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 82.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Diablo Vista Middle has edged down 18%, going from 1,023 students in 2018 to 835 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 43% to 27% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 23.3:1 in 2025.

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