Vaca Pena Middle
Vacaville · CA · Vacaville Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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Will C. Wood High → Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy → Shereene Wilkerson Academy of Excellence → Ernest Kimme Charter Academy → Vacaville High → Vanden High → Travis Community Day → Travis Education Center →For Parents
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Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -2.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 675 students:
≈ 72 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $15,705 per student in district revenue, the 72 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,130,760/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will C. Wood High Vacaville |
Public | 1.4 | 1,671 | -3.7% |
| Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy Vacaville |
Public · charter | 1.8 | 474 | +7.7% |
| Shereene Wilkerson Academy of Excellence Vacaville |
Public | 1.8 | 6 | — |
| Ernest Kimme Charter Academy Vacaville |
Public · charter | 2.0 | 194 | -19.2% |
| Vacaville High Vacaville |
Public | 2.5 | 2,044 | +0.3% |
| Vanden High Fairfield |
Public | 4.7 | 1,631 | -2.5% |
| Travis Community Day Fairfield |
Public | 4.8 | — | — |
| Travis Education Center Fairfield |
Public | 4.8 | 67 | -8.2% |
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