Sierra Vista K-8

Located at 301 Bel Air Dr., in Vacaville, California, Sierra Vista K-8 is a mid-sized K-5 school that serves 611 students (grades K through 8), run under Vacaville Unified. That puts it 31% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Vacaville Unified comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 12,690 students; Sierra Vista K-8 is among them.

On the student-mix side, Sierra Vista K-8 logs that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 32% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 7% Asian, 5% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Solano County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sierra Vista K-8 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Solano County shows median household earnings sit near $100,401, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Sierra Vista K-8 is one of 110 public schools in Solano County (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students).

The closest other public school is Cambridge Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sierra Vista K-8 comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Sierra Vista K-8's enrollment has grew 11% since 2018, when it stood at 548 (now 611). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 26% to 32%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 today.

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