Vista Nueva Career and Technology High

Vista Nueva Career and Technology High is a secondary school of one-room-style scale in Sacramento, California, operated by Twin Rivers Unified, enrolling 99 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 88% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Across the 44 schools in Twin Rivers Unified (24,770 students total), Vista Nueva Career and Technology High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Vista Nueva Career and Technology High lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 24% Black, 5% White, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 94% of students at Vista Nueva Career and Technology High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Across the wider county, Sacramento County reports that median household income runs about $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Vista Nueva Career and Technology High is one.

North Area Community is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Vista Nueva Career and Technology High operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 38%: 160 students in 2018 compared to 99 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 53% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 50.0:1 in 2018 to 7.7:1 today.

On this page, members of the Vista Nueva Career and Technology High community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.