Salida Middle School - Vella Campus

Located at 5041 Toomes Rd., in Salida, California, Salida Middle School - Vella Campus is a mid-sized middle-grades school that educates 673 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Salida Union Elementary.

Salida Union Elementary runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,038 students. Salida Middle School - Vella Campus is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Salida Middle School - Vella Campus shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% White, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 50% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Stanislaus County's rate of about 71%.

With demographic context factored in, Salida Middle School - Vella Campus performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.0%, the actual is 33.9%, a residual of +2.0 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Stanislaus County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,468 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Salida Middle School - Vella Campus is one of 190 public schools in Stanislaus County (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students).

The closest other public school is Salida Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Salida Middle School - Vella Campus at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.3%.

Salida Middle School - Vella Campus operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 22%: 858 students in 2018 compared to 673 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 20% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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