Vina Danks Middle

Vina Danks Middle is one of the tight-knit 6-8 campuss in Ontario, California, overseen by Ontario-Montclair, with 544 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8.

Vina Danks Middle is one of 33 schools operated by Ontario-Montclair, a district that hosts 17,640 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Vina Danks Middle lists that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 3% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Vina Danks Middle shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Vina Danks Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 23.3%, a residual of -2.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for San Bernardino County shows median household income runs about $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Vina Danks Middle is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Chaffey High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Vina Danks Middle ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.6%.

Vina Danks Middle operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 18%: 664 students in 2018 compared to 544 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.