School district · California
Vacaville Unified
Vacaville Unified in California: 18 public schools with 12,690 students and 21.8 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $15,804 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 18
- 3 charter
- Students
- 12,690
- Students per teacher
- 21.8
- CA 21.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $15,804
- CA $20.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 582
- Counselors (FTE)
- 17.4
- Students per counselor
- 731
- CA 407 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 16.1
- Librarians (FTE): 1.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%44%proficient
+1.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 52% of school districts in California
Median 42% · 854 school districts compared
5,309 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%31%proficient
+1.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 54% of school districts in California
Median 32% · 854 school districts compared
5,311 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 6.0% · $14.1M
- State
- 62% · $146.5M
- Local
- 32% · $75M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $8,630
- Support services
- $6,377
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $8.8M
- Long-term debt
- $260.6M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alamo ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 714 | 24.6 | 48% | 36% |
Browns Valley ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 806 | 22.4 | 59% | 51% |
Cooper ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 710 | 22.2 | 55% | 47% |
Edwin Markham ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 882 | 23.8 | 28% | 22% |
Eugene Padan ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 751 | 24.6 | 26% | 18% |
Fairmont Charter ElementaryCharterFree meals for all | K–6 | 586 | 22.5 | 27% | 20% |
Hemlock ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 413 | 21.6 | 43% | 32% |
Jean Callison ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 762 | 23.8 | 43% | 31% |
Orchard ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 437 | 21.5 | 53% | 45% |
Sierra Vista K-8Free meals for all | K–8 | 611 | 22.6 | 58% | 38% |
Willis Jepson MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 954 | 20.8 | 48% | 27% |
Buckingham Collegiate Charter AcademyCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 474 | 19.5 | — | — |
Ernest Kimme Charter AcademyCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 194 | 17.8 | — | — |
Shereene Wilkerson Academy of ExcellenceAlternative | 7–12 | 6 | 5.0 | — | — |
Vaca Pena MiddleFree meals for all | 6–12 | 675 | 20.5 | 35% | 16% |
Vacaville HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,044 | 21.3 | — | — |
Will C. Wood HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,671 | 20.5 | — | — |
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Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 401 Nut Tree Rd., Vacaville, CA 95687
- Phone
- (707)453-6114
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.