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How has Willis Jepson Middle changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
954
Middle
DISTRICT 746 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VACAVILLE UNIFIED·NCES 064059006703
Willis Jepson Middle
580 Elder St., Vacaville, CA 95688 · (707) 453-6280 · Solano County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL954 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of California public middle schools
- B-Test 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.
- 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
491 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 478 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 476 | 50% |
Student demographics
67%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
48.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.4pp since 2014
Math
27.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -17.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.3% | 33.1% | 26.3% | 25.4% |
| Math | 12.1% | 14.9% | 23.8% | 49.1% |
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 | 48.4% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.8% | 25.8% |
| 2022-23 | 46.9% | 27.1% |
| 2021-22 | 50.1% | 30.5% |
| 2018-19 | 50.1% | 41.7% |
| 2017-18 | 48.9% | 43.5% |
| 2016-17 | 51.2% | 47.7% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 43.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Willis Jepson Middle
Willis Jepson Middle's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willis Jepson Middle this school | 954 | 51.5% | 36.0% |
| Parkway Sports and Health Science Academy La Mesa | 897 | 48.8% | 43.0% |
| La Mesa Arts Academy La Mesa | 1,059 | 46.4% | 60.4% |
| Daniel J. Savage Middle Modesto | 906 | 52.6% | 42.6% |
| Glen Edwards Middle Lincoln | 815 | 44.8% | 37.6% |
| Serrano Intermediate Lake Forest | 868 | 48.7% | 52.9% |
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 Willis Jepson Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Solano County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #607 of 1,224 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #666 of 1,227 ▼ 21 | #4 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #527 of 1,227 ▲ 61 | #4 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.6pp | #169 of 1,214 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 954 | #239 of 1,377 | #1 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #582 of 1,279 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #240 of 1,278 | #6 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.5% | #927 of 1,329 | #10 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #181 of 257 | N/A |
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
954
+24 (+3%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 788
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 954 | 45.8 | 20.8:1 | 51% (491) |
| 2023-24 | 945 | 44.1 | 21.4:1 | 46% (431) |
| 2022-23 | 925 | 42.7 | 21.6:1 | 41% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 930 | 44 | 21.1:1 | 40% (371) |
| 2017-18 | 924 | 38.7 | 23.9:1 | 41% (383) |
| 2015-16 | 940 | 41 | 22.9:1 | 39% (369) |
| 2010-11 | 970 | N/A | N/A | 37% (360) |
| 2000-01 | 1,065 | 50 | 21.3:1 | 23% (241) |
| 1990-91 | 788 | 41 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willis Jepson Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (924 to 954); teachers up 18% (38.7 to 45.8).
About Willis Jepson Middle
Willis Jepson Middle is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Vacaville, California. It enrolls 954 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 8. It has 45% more students than the average for middle schools in California (about 659).
Vacaville Unified oversees Willis Jepson Middle and 16 other schools, with 12,690 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Willis Jepson Middle, about 42 are Hispanic, the largest group. Other students are 38% White, 10% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 4% Black. That is higher than the 30% Hispanic share among all Solano County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
Teacher count: 45.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 20.8:1. The average ratio among middle schools in California is similar, at 20.7:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 51%. The gap from the 60% average for public schools in Solano County is 9 points.
Willis Jepson Middle earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 25% of California public middle schools.
Willis Jepson Middle's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.0% is 13.4 points below the 49.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census data for Solano County show median household income comes to about $100,401, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 110 public schools and about 60,765 students.
Willis Jepson Middle's closest public school neighbor is Hemlock Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Willis Jepson Middle at 6th of 7.
Locale: Suburb: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's student count rose 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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
- Will C. Wood HighHigh · 1,671 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
- Will C. Wood HighHigh · 1,671 students
- Edwin Markham ElementaryElementary · 882 students
- Browns Valley ElementaryElementary · 806 students
- Kairos PublicCombined · 786 students
- Jean Callison ElementaryElementary · 762 students
Nearby schools
- Hemlock Elementary0.3 mi · 413
- Vacaville High0.7 mi · 2,044
- Alamo Elementary0.9 mi · 714
- Orchard Elementary1.0 mi · 437
- Kairos Public1.2 mi · 786
- Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy1.4 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About Willis Jepson MiddleHow large is Willis Jepson Middle?
Willis Jepson Middle enrolls approximately 954 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Willis Jepson Middle serve?
Willis Jepson Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Willis Jepson Middle have?
Willis Jepson Middle employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Willis Jepson Middle?
At Willis Jepson Middle, the student body is approximately 38% White, 42% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Willis Jepson Middle public or private?
Willis Jepson Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Vacaville Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.