Vaca Pena Middle
Vacaville · CA · Vacaville Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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Solano County Special Education → H. Glenn Richardson → Fairfield High → Sem Yeto Continuation High → Public Safety Academy → Armijo High → Maine Prairie High (Continuation) → Dixon High →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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solano County Special Education Fairfield |
Public | 5.9 | 200 | +11.7% |
| H. Glenn Richardson Fairfield |
Public | 6.5 | 9 | — |
| Fairfield High Fairfield |
Public | 6.7 | 1,605 | -2.1% |
| Sem Yeto Continuation High Fairfield |
Public | 6.7 | 311 | +11.9% |
| Public Safety Academy Fairfield |
Public | 6.9 | 265 | -0.4% |
| Armijo High Fairfield |
Public | 8.2 | 1,844 | -11.8% |
| Maine Prairie High (Continuation) Dixon |
Public | 9.2 | 75 | -7.4% |
| Dixon High Dixon |
Public | 9.5 | 990 | -5.8% |