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Enrollment
2,044
High
DISTRICT 844 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VACAVILLE UNIFIED·NCES 064059006709
Vacaville High
100 Monte Vista Ave., Vacaville, CA 95688 · (707) 453-6011 · Solano County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,044 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of California public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
96 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
928 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 538 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 506 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 485 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 515 | 25% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
61.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.0pp since 2014
Math
24.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -12.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.6% | 35.4% | 21.1% | 17.9% |
| Math | 8.7% | 15.8% | 27.3% | 48.2% |
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 | 61.0% | 24.5% |
| 2023-24 | 50.3% | 24.1% |
| 2022-23 | 54.5% | 29.1% |
| 2021-22 | 46.6% | 23.5% |
| 2018-19 | 69.2% | 40.2% |
| 2017-18 | 64.2% | 40.7% |
| 2016-17 | 72.8% | 43.7% |
| 2015-16 | 70.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 59.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Vacaville High
Vacaville High's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vacaville High this school | 2,044 | 45.4% | 40.0% |
| Murrieta Valley High Murrieta | 2,104 | 46.7% | 59.9% |
| Centennial High Bakersfield | 2,212 | 44.5% | 50.5% |
| Liberty High Bakersfield | 2,369 | 43.1% | 51.2% |
| Dos Pueblos Senior High Goleta | 2,149 | 43.9% | 57.4% |
| Royal High Simi Valley | 1,835 | 43.1% | 41.8% |
Matched among California high 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 Vacaville High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Solano County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #529 of 1,052 | #5 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #543 of 1,056 ▼ 48 | #7 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #451 of 1,056 ▲ 194 | #4 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.7pp | #235 of 1,044 | #3 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,044 | #266 of 2,093 | #2 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #727 of 1,352 | #9 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #239 of 1,351 | #9 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #1,222 of 1,575 | #15 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.8% | #174 of 327 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,044
+104 (+5%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 1,824
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 2,044 | 96.1 | 21.3:1 | 45% (928) |
| 2023-24 | 2,027 | 91.3 | 22.2:1 | 40% (812) |
| 2022-23 | 1,994 | 91.3 | 21.8:1 | 36% (713) |
| 2020-21 | 1,940 | 91 | 21.3:1 | 34% (653) |
| 2017-18 | 1,913 | 82.4 | 23.2:1 | 34% (648) |
| 2015-16 | 1,987 | 87 | 22.8:1 | 31% (618) |
| 2010-11 | 2,064 | N/A | N/A | 23% (465) |
| 2000-01 | 2,088 | 96 | 21.8:1 | 13% (262) |
| 1990-91 | 1,824 | 83 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vacaville High.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (1,913 to 2,044); teachers up 17% (82.4 to 96.1).
About Vacaville High
Vacaville, California, is home to Vacaville High, a large high school. The school's enrollment of 2,044 students covers grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in California average about 838 students each.
Vacaville Unified runs Vacaville High along with 16 other schools, enrolling 12,690 students in total.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Vacaville High. The largest is Hispanic students, at 42%. The remaining shares are 40% White, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Solano County's population at about 30%. Vacaville High's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 96.1 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 21.3:1. That is 3.1 students per teacher above the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Vacaville High reports 45% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Solano County averages 60%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for Vacaville High is C+. Compared with California public high schools, the school scored higher than 37% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 52.9% for a school in California with Vacaville High's free or reduced-price lunch share. Vacaville High posts 40.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Solano County show that the median household income is $100,401, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Vacaville High is one of 110 public schools in the county.
Hemlock Elementary is the public school closest to Vacaville High, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Vacaville High at 3rd of 7.
NCES assigns Vacaville High the locale Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment is up 5% from 2020-21, when Vacaville High had 1,940 students, to 2024-25, when it had 2,044.
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Solano County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
451,918
Census ACS
Median income
$100,401
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
60,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vacaville Unified
- Will C. Wood HighHigh · 1,671 students
- Willis Jepson MiddleMiddle · 954 students
- Edwin Markham ElementaryElementary · 882 students
- Browns Valley ElementaryElementary · 806 students
- Jean Callison ElementaryElementary · 762 students
- Eugene Padan ElementaryElementary · 751 students
Other schools in Vacaville
- Will C. Wood HighHigh · 1,671 students
- Willis Jepson MiddleMiddle · 954 students
- Edwin Markham ElementaryElementary · 882 students
- Browns Valley ElementaryElementary · 806 students
- Kairos PublicCombined · 786 students
- Jean Callison ElementaryElementary · 762 students
Nearby schools
- Hemlock Elementary0.5 mi · 413
- Kairos Public0.6 mi · 786
- Alamo Elementary0.6 mi · 714
- Willis Jepson Middle0.7 mi · 954
- Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy0.7 mi · 474
- Ernest Kimme Charter Academy0.9 mi · 194
Frequently asked questions
About Vacaville HighWhat is the total enrollment at Vacaville High?
Vacaville High enrolls approximately 2,044 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Vacaville High serve?
Vacaville High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Vacaville High have?
Vacaville High employs 96 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Vacaville High?
Student demographics at Vacaville High are roughly 40% White, 42% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Vacaville High in?
Vacaville High is part of Vacaville Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.