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What's the most underrated thing about Salida Middle School - Vella Campus that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
673
Middle
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALIDA UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063390011496
Salida Middle School - Vella Campus
5041 Toomes Rd., Salida, CA 95368 · (209) 545-1633 · Stanislaus County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL673 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of California public middle schools
- B-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.
- BThree-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
18.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
537 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 238 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 216 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 219 | 33% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Salida Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
42.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.3pp since 2014
Math
27.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.2% | 31.5% | 26.0% | 31.4% |
| Math | 10.6% | 17.1% | 30.3% | 42.1% |
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 | 42.7% | 27.6% |
| 2023-24 | 40.8% | 26.8% |
| 2022-23 | 41.8% | 28.3% |
| 2021-22 | 43.1% | 20.2% |
| 2020-21 | 35.9% | 19.0% |
| 2018-19 | 48.0% | 32.8% |
| 2017-18 | 49.8% | 31.1% |
| 2016-17 | 49.9% | 30.0% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Salida Middle School - Vella Campus
Salida Middle School - Vella Campus's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salida Middle School - Vella Campus this school | 673 | 79.8% | 34.6% |
| Liberty Middle Lemoore | 636 | 81.3% | 48.1% |
| Norman N. Glick Middle Modesto | 602 | 80.6% | 29.6% |
| Silverado Middle Napa | 673 | 79.9% | 23.3% |
| Divisadero Middle Visalia | 769 | 79.5% | 25.2% |
| Mitchell Intermediate Atwater | 744 | 75.9% | 35.8% |
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 Salida Middle School - Vella Campus ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #641 of 1,224 | #7 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #651 of 1,227 ▼ 33 | #8 of 26 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #647 of 1,227 ▼ 14 | #12 of 26 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #460 of 1,214 | #12 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 673 | #646 of 1,377 | #13 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #222 of 1,279 | #2 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #684 of 1,278 | #12 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.8% | #555 of 1,329 | #11 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #295 of 930 | #2 of 15 |
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
673
-91 (-12%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 978
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 673 | 37.2 | 18.1:1 | 80% (537) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 32.4 | 21.2:1 | 75% (518) |
| 2022-23 | 740 | 34.7 | 21.3:1 | 70% (518) |
| 2020-21 | 764 | 36 | 21.2:1 | 73% (557) |
| 2017-18 | 858 | 34.8 | 24.6:1 | 72% (617) |
| 2015-16 | 883 | 34 | 26.0:1 | 66% (583) |
| 2010-11 | 978 | N/A | N/A | 56% (551) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Salida Middle School - Vella Campus.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (858 to 673); teachers up 7% (34.8 to 37.2).
About Salida Middle School - Vella Campus
Salida Middle School - Vella Campus is a public middle-grades school run by Salida Union Elementary in Salida, California. It had 673 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8.
Salida Middle School - Vella Campus is one of the 5 schools that make up Salida Union Elementary (2,038 students in total).
The student body at Salida Middle School - Vella Campus is 69% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 16% White, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Stanislaus County's residents are about 50% Hispanic, 19 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Salida Middle School - Vella Campus, there are about 18.1 students; the school has 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in California, 20.7:1, is higher. There are 537 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 80% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Stanislaus County is 71%.
Among California public middle schools, Salida Middle School - Vella Campus outscored 59%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Salida Middle School - Vella Campus scores 34.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 32.8%.
In the wider Stanislaus County area, the median household earns about $81,468 a year, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Salida Middle School - Vella Campus shares Stanislaus County with 189 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Salida Elementary is about 0.7 miles from Salida Middle School - Vella Campus. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 34.6% is below the 39.4% average for nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 764 to 673, a 12% decline. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 21.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.1:1.
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Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salida Union Elementary
- Dena Boer ElementaryElementary · 444 students
- Mildred Perkins ElementaryElementary · 362 students
- Sisk ElementaryElementary · 286 students
- Salida ElementaryElementary · 273 students
Other schools in Salida
- Dena Boer ElementaryElementary · 444 students
- Sisk ElementaryElementary · 286 students
- Salida ElementaryElementary · 273 students
Nearby schools
- Salida Elementary0.7 mi · 273
- Sisk Elementary0.9 mi · 286
- Dena Boer Elementary1.2 mi · 444
- Great Valley Academy - Salida1.3 mi · 927
- Joseph A. Gregori High1.9 mi · 2,346
- Mildred Perkins Elementary2.4 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About Salida Middle School - Vella CampusHow large is Salida Middle School - Vella Campus?
Salida Middle School - Vella Campus enrolls approximately 673 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Salida Middle School - Vella Campus serve?
Salida Middle School - Vella Campus serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Salida Middle School - Vella Campus have?
Salida Middle School - Vella Campus employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Salida Middle School - Vella Campus?
Student demographics at Salida Middle School - Vella Campus are roughly 16% White, 69% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Salida Middle School - Vella Campus in?
Salida Middle School - Vella Campus is part of Salida Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.