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Enrollment
835
Middle
DISTRICT 832 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN RAMON VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063513008460
Diablo Vista Middle
4100 Camino Tassajara, Danville, CA 94506 · (925) 855-7600 · Contra Costa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL835 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of California public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
69 students
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 243 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 275 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 317 | 38% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
82.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.0pp since 2014
Math
79.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 48.3% | 33.8% | 12.0% | 6.0% |
| Math | 60.0% | 19.8% | 13.6% | 6.6% |
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 | 82.0% | 79.8% |
| 2023-24 | 78.1% | 75.2% |
| 2022-23 | 77.4% | 74.8% |
| 2021-22 | 82.4% | 76.4% |
| 2018-19 | 84.9% | 74.6% |
| 2017-18 | 86.1% | 78.7% |
| 2016-17 | 85.5% | 80.4% |
| 2015-16 | 85.0% | 77.0% |
| 2014-15 | 87.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
78.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Diablo Vista Middle
Diablo Vista Middle's state test result (78.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diablo Vista Middle this school | 835 | 8.3% | 78.9% |
| Ridgecrest Intermediate Rancho Palos Verdes | 881 | 10.3% | 81.0% |
| Bret Harte Middle San Jose | 862 | 11.9% | 77.0% |
| Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle Palo Alto | 1,002 | 10.7% | 83.3% |
| Pine Valley Middle San Ramon | 973 | 6.8% | 77.5% |
| Iron Horse Middle San Ramon | 939 | 9.9% | 77.8% |
Matched among California middle 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 Diablo Vista Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.9% | #44 of 1,224 | #4 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #32 of 1,227 ▲ 18 | #2 of 42 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #51 of 1,227 ▲ 33 | #6 of 42 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #691 of 1,214 | #28 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 835 | #390 of 1,377 | #19 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #1,007 of 1,279 | #30 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #371 of 1,278 | #27 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.3% | #1,307 of 1,329 | #33 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #391 of 930 | #10 of 35 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
835
-67 (-7%) vs 2020
+143% since 2000-01, when it was 344
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 835 | 35.8 | 23.3:1 | 8% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 872 | 36.1 | 24.2:1 | 8% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 889 | 36.6 | 24.3:1 | 7% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 902 | 38 | 23.7:1 | 4% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 1,023 | 42 | 24.4:1 | 5% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 1,018 | 41 | 24.8:1 | 2% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 846 | N/A | N/A | 3% (24) |
| 2000-01 | 344 | 14 | 24.6:1 | 1% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Diablo Vista Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (1,023 to 835); teachers down 15% (42 to 35.8).
About Diablo Vista Middle
Diablo Vista Middle is a medium-sized middle-grades school in California, located in Danville. The school enrolls 835 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in California) has about 659 students.
San Ramon Valley Unified has a total of 36 schools and 28,554 students, Diablo Vista Middle among them.
Diablo Vista Middle is 54% Asian by enrollment. Smaller groups are 27% White, 10% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. County-wide, 19% of Contra Costa County residents are Asian. Diablo Vista Middle's diversity index is 62%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 35.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 23.3:1. That is higher than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 8%. Public schools in Contra Costa County average 45%.
Measured against California public middle schools, Diablo Vista Middle receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 74.7% for Diablo Vista Middle. The school posts 78.9%, 4.2 points above the prediction.
Contra Costa County has about 1,165,012 residents, and the median household income is $127,229, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. In all, Contra Costa County has 280 public schools and roughly 167,423 students.
Nearest public school: Creekside Elementary, about 1.0 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Diablo Vista Middle is 7th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around Diablo Vista Middle as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 835 students in 2024-25, 67 fewer than the 902 it had in 2020-21.
Discussions about Diablo Vista Middle may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in San Ramon Valley Unified
- Dougherty Valley HighHigh · 3,039 students
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- Monte Vista HighHigh · 2,042 students
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- Windemere Ranch MiddleMiddle · 1,011 students
- Pine Valley MiddleMiddle · 973 students
Other schools in Danville
- Monte Vista HighHigh · 2,042 students
- San Ramon Valley HighHigh · 2,036 students
- Charlotte Wood MiddleMiddle · 853 students
- Greenbrook ElementaryElementary · 732 students
- Sycamore Valley ElementaryElementary · 559 students
- Creekside ElementaryElementary · 549 students
Nearby schools
- Creekside Elementary1.0 mi · 549
- Tassajara Hills Elementary1.0 mi · 506
- Dougherty Valley High2.1 mi · 3,039
- Coyote Creek Elementary2.2 mi · 613
- Gale Ranch Middle2.2 mi · 971
- Venture (Alternative)2.2 mi · 61
Frequently asked questions
About Diablo Vista MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Diablo Vista Middle?
Diablo Vista Middle enrolls approximately 835 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Diablo Vista Middle serve?
Diablo Vista Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Diablo Vista Middle?
Approximately 23.3:1 students per teacher at Diablo Vista Middle.
How diverse is Diablo Vista Middle?
Diablo Vista Middle reports a student body of 27% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 54% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Diablo Vista Middle public or private?
Diablo Vista Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Ramon Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.