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Enrollment
727
Middle
DISTRICT 664 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENFIELD UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 061608002266
Vista Verde Middle
1199 Elm Ave., Greenfield, CA 93927 · (831) 674-1420 · Monterey County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL727 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of California public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
585 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 401 | 55% |
| Grade 8 | 326 | 45% |
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Greenfield Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
19.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.4pp since 2014
Math
10.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.6% | 15.7% | 26.8% | 53.8% |
| Math | 4.2% | 6.3% | 17.4% | 72.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.4% | 10.5% |
| 2023-24 | 24.7% | 12.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.1% | 10.8% |
| 2021-22 | 29.8% | 11.6% |
| 2018-19 | 30.7% | 17.2% |
| 2017-18 | 26.0% | 16.1% |
| 2016-17 | 22.6% | 14.3% |
| 2015-16 | 19.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 13.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Vista Verde Middle
Vista Verde Middle's state test result (16.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista Verde Middle this school | 727 | 80.5% | 16.6% |
| Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High Coachella | 668 | 83.8% | 26.6% |
| Mountain View Middle Bakersfield | 594 | 80.8% | 18.1% |
| Isbell Middle Santa Paula | 634 | 83.8% | 24.1% |
| Lake Center Middle Santa Fe Springs | 708 | 80.1% | 46.4% |
| Mira Loma Middle Jurupa Valley | 711 | 84.2% | 23.0% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Vista Verde Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #1,115 of 1,224 | #17 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.5% | #1,131 of 1,227 ▼ 75 | #16 of 18 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #1,175 of 1,227 ▼ 114 | #18 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.8pp | #47 of 1,214 | #1 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 727 | #549 of 1,377 | #7 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #669 of 1,279 | #13 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.3% | #1,249 of 1,278 | #15 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.5% | #536 of 1,329 | #12 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.8% | #43 of 930 | #2 of 17 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
727
-23 (-3%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 733
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 23.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 727 | 34.2 | 21.3:1 | 80% (585) |
| 2023-24 | 690 | 31.6 | 21.8:1 | 73% (506) |
| 2022-23 | 704 | 31.6 | 22.3:1 | 75% (529) |
| 2020-21 | 750 | 32 | 23.4:1 | 80% (601) |
| 2017-18 | 1,151 | 54 | 21.3:1 | 94% (1,079) |
| 2015-16 | 1,055 | 45 | 23.4:1 | 79% (836) |
| 2010-11 | 775 | N/A | N/A | 23% (178) |
| 2000-01 | 733 | 34 | 21.6:1 | 67% (488) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vista Verde Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (1,151 to 727); teachers down 37% (54 to 34.2).
About Vista Verde Middle
Vista Verde Middle is a middle school located in Greenfield, California, in Monterey County. It educates 727 students in grades 7 through 8.
Greenfield Union Elementary, which runs Vista Verde Middle, has 5 schools and 3,319 students.
Vista Verde Middle enrolls a student body that is 98% Hispanic. Census figures show Monterey County is about 62% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Vista Verde Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 3%.
Vista Verde Middle counts 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 21.3 students for each one. Middle schools in California average about 20.7:1, a similar figure. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades Vista Verde Middle an F. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Vista Verde Middle posts 16.6% against a 32.4% prediction, a bottom-10% result in California.
County data help place the school in context: in Monterey County, median household income is about $97,230, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Vista Verde Middle is among the 153 public schools in Monterey County.
The nearest other public school, Oak Avenue Elementary, is about 0.3 miles away. In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of Vista Verde Middle. By average proficiency, Vista Verde Middle is 9th among 9 schools close by.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 750 to 727. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 21.3:1, from 23.4:1.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Monterey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
437,613
Census ACS
Median income
$97,230
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
153
73,845 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greenfield Union Elementary
- Oak Avenue ElementaryElementary · 693 students
- Mary Chapa AcademyElementary · 686 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryElementary · 642 students
- Arroyo Seco AcademyElementary · 571 students
Other schools in Greenfield
- Greenfield HighHigh · 1,274 students
- Oak Avenue ElementaryElementary · 693 students
- Mary Chapa AcademyElementary · 686 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryElementary · 642 students
- Arroyo Seco AcademyElementary · 571 students
Other Vista Verde Middle schools
One other US public school is named Vista Verde Middle. Vista Verde Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Vista Verde MiddleMoreno Valley, CA · 900 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Avenue Elementary0.3 mi · 693
- Greenfield High0.5 mi · 1,274
- Arroyo Seco Academy0.6 mi · 571
- Mary Chapa Academy0.9 mi · 686
- Cesar Chavez Elementary1.4 mi · 642
- Mission Elementary8.4 mi · 130
Frequently asked questions
About Vista Verde MiddleHow many students attend Vista Verde Middle?
Vista Verde Middle enrolls approximately 727 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Vista Verde Middle serve?
Vista Verde Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Vista Verde Middle?
Approximately 21.3:1 students per teacher at Vista Verde Middle.
How diverse is Vista Verde Middle?
Vista Verde Middle reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is Vista Verde Middle in?
Vista Verde Middle is part of Greenfield Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.