Vista del Lago High

Vista del Lago High is a four-year high school of high-enrollment scale in Folsom, California, part of Folsom-Cordova Unified, caters to 1,782 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Vista del Lago High sits 113% above that benchmark.

Vista del Lago High is one of 35 schools operated by Folsom-Cordova Unified, a district that serves 21,699 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Vista del Lago High reports that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 35% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Sacramento County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 7% of students at Vista del Lago High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Vista del Lago High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.2%, the actual is 71.9%, a residual of -3.3 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Sacramento County indicate median household earnings sit near $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), Vista del Lago High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Russell Ranch Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Vista del Lago High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Vista del Lago High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 73.9%.

Vista del Lago High operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Vista del Lago High has changed only slightly, going from 1,800 students in 2018 to 1,782 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 67% to 46%.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.