Vanden High

Vanden High is a high-enrollment four-year high school in Fairfield, California, overseen by Travis Unified. The school teaches 1,631 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Vanden High sits 95% bigger than that benchmark.

Travis Unified runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,392 students. Vanden High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Vanden High lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 27%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 19% Asian, 19% White, 17% Black, 16% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school employs 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Vanden High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Solano County's rate of about 60%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Vanden High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.0%; this one delivers 41.9%.

Across the wider county, Solano County reports that median household income runs about $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%. In all, Solano County runs 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students), of which Vanden High is one.

Travis Education Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Vanden High at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 36.1%.

Vanden High operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Vanden High's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 1,744 (now 1,631). The White share of enrollment contracted from 32% to 19% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 24.7:1 today.

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