Vaca Pena Middle

Located at 200 Keith Way, in Vacaville, California, Vaca Pena Middle is a small secondary school that educates 675 students (grades 6 through 12), one of the schools within Vacaville Unified.

Vacaville Unified comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 12,690 students; Vaca Pena Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, Vaca Pena Middle lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 22% White, 12% multiracial, 9% Black, 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Vaca Pena Middle has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Vaca Pena Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 40.8%; actual is 22.4%, a gap of -18.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Solano County indicate median household earnings sit near $100,401, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Vaca Pena Middle is one of 110 public schools in Solano County (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students).

Nearest neighbor: Jean Callison Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Vaca Pena Middle ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Vaca Pena Middle's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 751 (now 675). Over the same period, the White share fell from 33% to 22%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.