Vineyard Junior High

Vineyard Junior High, an average-sized intermediate school in Alta Loma, California, part of Alta Loma Elementary, works with 933 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 42% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Vineyard Junior High is one of 10 schools operated by Alta Loma Elementary, a district that teaches 5,535 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Vineyard Junior High lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 25% White, 16% Asian, 7% multiracial, 4% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Vineyard Junior High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 41% 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 below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Vineyard Junior High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate median household income runs about $85,478, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Vineyard Junior High is one campus in the mix.

Deer Canyon Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Vineyard Junior High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Vineyard Junior High at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 54.2%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Vineyard Junior High's enrollment has edged up 27% since 2018, when it stood at 732 (now 933). The White share of enrollment fell from 36% to 25% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 25.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Vineyard Junior High community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.