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Enrollment
724
Middle
DISTRICT 661 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OCEAN VIEW·NCES 062814004350
Vista View Middle
16250 Hickory St., Fountain Valley, CA 92708 · (714) 842-0626 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL724 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
21.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
602 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 5 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 6 | 230 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 255 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 238 | 33% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
42.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -9.9pp since 2014
Math
36.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -15.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.2% | 28.9% | 23.0% | 34.9% |
| Math | 22.3% | 14.5% | 22.7% | 40.4% |
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 | 42.1% | 36.8% |
| 2023-24 | 45.2% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.2% | 40.6% |
| 2021-22 | 49.7% | 40.0% |
| 2018-19 | 57.8% | 55.2% |
| 2017-18 | 56.9% | 57.1% |
| 2016-17 | 55.9% | 59.8% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 57.0% |
| 2014-15 | 52.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 View Middle
Vista View Middle's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista View Middle this school | 724 | 83.1% | 40.7% |
| Hollencrest Middle West Covina | 737 | 80.9% | 42.8% |
| Corona Fundamental Intermediate Corona | 754 | 80.1% | 50.4% |
| Monte Vista Middle Tracy | 738 | 82.1% | 31.5% |
| Granger Junior High National City | 724 | 76.4% | 34.9% |
| Florence Nightingale Middle Los Angeles | 773 | 87.3% | 36.6% |
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 View Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #501 of 1,224 | #59 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #460 of 1,227 ▼ 64 | #58 of 85 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #659 of 1,227 ▼ 123 | #68 of 85 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.4pp | #57 of 1,214 | #2 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 724 | #558 of 1,377 | #45 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #618 of 1,279 | #24 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #554 of 1,278 | #47 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.1% | #454 of 1,329 | #28 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.4% | #90 of 257 | #3 of 9 |
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
724
+192 (+36%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 546
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 724 | 34.5 | 21.0:1 | 83% (602) |
| 2023-24 | 660 | 30.1 | 22.0:1 | 81% (537) |
| 2022-23 | 588 | 26.5 | 22.2:1 | 78% (456) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 23 | 23.1:1 | 79% (420) |
| 2017-18 | 650 | 28.6 | 22.7:1 | 69% (447) |
| 2015-16 | 667 | 29 | 23.0:1 | 63% (420) |
| 2010-11 | 773 | N/A | N/A | 57% (441) |
| 2000-01 | 775 | 32 | 24.2:1 | 32% (247) |
| 1990-91 | 546 | 23 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vista View Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (650 to 724); teachers up 20% (28.6 to 34.5).
About Vista View Middle
Vista View Middle is a middle-grades school located in Fountain Valley, California, in Orange County. Its enrollment is 724 students, spread over grades 6 through 8.
Ocean View has 14 schools and 7,018 students, and Vista View Middle is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at Vista View Middle is Hispanic: 62%. The next largest groups are 23% Asian, 10% White, and 4% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 28 points above the 34% share among Orange County residents. The diversity index for Vista View Middle is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Vista View Middle has a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.0:1, with 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in California is about 20.7:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 83% at Vista View Middle. Among public schools in Orange County, the average eligibility rate is 55%.
Among California public middle schools, Vista View Middle outscored 65%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Vista View Middle is 9.9 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 40.7% actual, 30.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
The school is in Orange County, where median household income comes to about $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Orange County counts 649 public schools with about 430,458 students.
Ethan B. Allen Elementary is about 0.4 miles from Vista View Middle, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Vista View Middle ranks 7th on proficiency.
Vista View Middle is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Enrollment was 724 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 532. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 23.1:1 in 2020-21 to 21.0:1 in 2024-25.
The Vista View Middle discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ocean View
- Mesa View MiddleMiddle · 817 students
- Marine View MiddleMiddle · 736 students
- Harbour View ElementaryElementary · 677 students
- Circle View ElementaryElementary · 582 students
- Hope View ElementaryElementary · 546 students
- Oak View ElementaryElementary · 458 students
Other schools in Fountain Valley
- Fountain Valley HighHigh · 3,171 students
- Los Amigos HighHigh · 1,430 students
- Masuda (Kazuo) MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Fulton (Harry C.) MiddleMiddle · 753 students
- Ethan B. Allen ElementaryElementary · 637 students
- Courreges (Roch) ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Nearby schools
- Ethan B. Allen Elementary0.4 mi · 637
- John Marshall Elementary0.6 mi · 323
- Westmont Elementary0.8 mi · 441
- Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary0.9 mi · 530
- Star View Elementary0.9 mi · 391
- Leo Carrillo Elementary1.1 mi · 508
Frequently asked questions
About Vista View MiddleHow many students attend Vista View Middle?
Vista View Middle enrolls approximately 724 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Vista View Middle serve?
Vista View Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Vista View Middle have?
Vista View Middle employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Vista View Middle?
Student demographics at Vista View Middle are roughly 10% White, 62% Hispanic, 1% Black, 23% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Vista View Middle?
Vista View Middle is overseen by Ocean View in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.