1
If you could change one rule at Will C. Wood High, what would it be?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,671
High
DISTRICT 844 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VACAVILLE UNIFIED·NCES 064059009648
Will C. Wood High
998 Marshall Rd., Vacaville, CA 95687 · (707) 453-6900 · Solano County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,671 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of California public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
966 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 387 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 469 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 406 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 409 | 24% |
Student demographics
71%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
48.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -17.4pp since 2014
Math
15.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -20.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.1% | 31.5% | 25.1% | 26.2% |
| Math | 3.8% | 11.8% | 19.7% | 64.7% |
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 | 48.6% | 15.6% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 18.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 18.9% |
| 2021-22 | 58.0% | 18.3% |
| 2018-19 | 63.8% | 25.3% |
| 2017-18 | 57.5% | 32.9% |
| 2016-17 | 71.2% | 35.5% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 66.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Will C. Wood High
Will C. Wood High's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Will C. Wood High this school | 1,671 | 57.8% | 34.0% |
| Monterey High Monterey | 1,401 | 58.2% | 44.5% |
| Murrieta Mesa High Murrieta | 2,066 | 59.7% | 55.1% |
| Canyon Hills High San Diego | 1,183 | 58.5% | 39.9% |
| Liberty High Winchester | 2,537 | 53.4% | 40.1% |
| Redlands East Valley High Redlands | 1,845 | 60.8% | 50.3% |
Matched among California high 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 Will C. Wood High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Solano County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #684 of 1,052 | #7 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #811 of 1,056 ▼ 143 | #11 of 14 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #732 of 1,056 ▼ 157 | #7 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.0pp | #100 of 1,044 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,671 | #465 of 2,093 | #4 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #629 of 1,352 | #6 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #103 of 1,351 | #7 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.8% | #1,072 of 1,575 | #12 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #325 of 327 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,671
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 1,260
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 1,671 | 81.4 | 20.5:1 | 58% (966) |
| 2023-24 | 1,681 | 80.2 | 21.0:1 | 35% (589) |
| 2022-23 | 1,670 | 79.9 | 20.9:1 | 42% (704) |
| 2020-21 | 1,680 | 74 | 22.7:1 | 41% (688) |
| 2017-18 | 1,667 | 74.8 | 22.3:1 | 43% (710) |
| 2015-16 | 1,712 | 75 | 22.8:1 | 38% (649) |
| 2010-11 | 1,689 | N/A | N/A | 27% (454) |
| 2000-01 | 2,287 | 102 | 22.4:1 | 13% (297) |
| 1990-91 | 1,260 | 60 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Will C. Wood High.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,667 to 1,671); teachers up 9% (74.8 to 81.4).
About Will C. Wood High
Will C. Wood High is one of the public schools in Vacaville, California. It is a large high school. It covers grades 9 through 12, with a total enrollment of 1,671 students. Enrollment is 99% higher than the average for high schools in California, which is about 838.
Vacaville Unified runs 17 schools with a combined 12,690 students. Will C. Wood High is one of them.
Will C. Wood High's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 45%. Smaller groups are 24% White, 12% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 8% Black. County-wide, 30% of Solano County residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Will C. Wood High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
A ratio of 20.5:1 comes from the school's 81.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 18.2:1 average for high schools in California is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 58% of students at Will C. Wood High as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Solano County, the average is about the same, 60%.
Will C. Wood High is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 15% of California public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Will C. Wood High sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.0% and a predicted 45.7%.
Will C. Wood High is located in Solano County, where median household income is about $100,401, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 110 public schools in Solano County, with a combined enrollment of about 60,765.
Fairmont Charter Elementary is located about 0.5 miles from Will C. Wood High. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 34.0% average proficiency ranks 4th among 7 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Will C. Wood High is Suburb: Mid-size, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 1,680 in 2020-21, 1,671 in 2024-25. The ratio was 22.7:1 in 2020-21 and 20.5:1 in 2024-25.
Posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Solano County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
451,918
Census ACS
Median income
$100,401
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
60,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vacaville Unified
- Vacaville HighHigh · 2,044 students
- Willis Jepson MiddleMiddle · 954 students
- Edwin Markham ElementaryElementary · 882 students
- Browns Valley ElementaryElementary · 806 students
- Jean Callison ElementaryElementary · 762 students
- Eugene Padan ElementaryElementary · 751 students
Other schools in Vacaville
- Vacaville HighHigh · 2,044 students
- Willis Jepson MiddleMiddle · 954 students
- Edwin Markham ElementaryElementary · 882 students
- Browns Valley ElementaryElementary · 806 students
- Kairos PublicCombined · 786 students
- Jean Callison ElementaryElementary · 762 students
Nearby schools
- Fairmont Charter Elementary0.5 mi · 586
- Eugene Padan Elementary0.6 mi · 751
- Ernest Kimme Charter Academy0.7 mi · 194
- Kairos Public0.8 mi · 786
- Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy0.9 mi · 474
- Sierra Vista K-81.3 mi · 611
Frequently asked questions
About Will C. Wood HighHow many students attend Will C. Wood High?
Will C. Wood High enrolls approximately 1,671 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Will C. Wood High serve?
Will C. Wood High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Will C. Wood High?
Approximately 20.5:1 students per teacher at Will C. Wood High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Will C. Wood High?
At Will C. Wood High, the student body is approximately 24% White, 45% Hispanic, 8% Black, 9% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Will C. Wood High?
Will C. Wood High is overseen by Vacaville Unified in Solano County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.