Willis Jepson Middle

Willis Jepson Middle is a 6-8 campus of mid-tier scale in Vacaville, California, one of the schools within Vacaville Unified, serveing 954 students in grades 7 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Willis Jepson Middle sits 45% bigger than that benchmark.

Willis Jepson Middle is one of 17 schools operated by Vacaville Unified, a district that enrolls 12,690 students overall.

Demographically, Willis Jepson Middle records that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 38% White, 10% multiracial, 6% Asian, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Willis Jepson Middle shows 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.8:1. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Solano County (around 60%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Willis Jepson Middle is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 48.8%; Willis Jepson Middle posts 34.3%, -14.5 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Solano County) logs that median household income runs about $100,401, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Willis Jepson Middle is one of 110 public schools in Solano County (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students).

The closest other public school is Hemlock Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Willis Jepson Middle comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 40.7%.

Willis Jepson Middle operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 3%: 924 students in 2018 compared to 954 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 45% to 38% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 in 2025.

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