Middle · California

Vina Danks Middle

Free meals for all

Vina Danks Middle, a public middle school in Ontario, California: grades 7–8, 544 students, 16.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Ontario-Montclair.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
544
Teachers (FTE)
33.4
Students per teacher
16.3
Grades
7–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 91% of middle schools in California

Median 21.0 · 1,371 schools compared

More students per teacher than 65% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 62% of middle schools in California

Median 644 · 1,373 schools compared

Larger than 52% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

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%

36%proficient

+3.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 65% of middle schools in California

Median 43% · 1,351 middle schools compared

522 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

California: 38%

21%proficient

+6.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 67% of middle schools in California

Median 29% · 1,351 middle schools compared

529 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

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.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 7–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Midsize city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Ontario-Montclair.

Location

Address
1020 North Vine Ave., Ontario, CA 91762
Phone
(909)983-2691
City or town
Ontario

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Vernon MiddleFree meals for all
7–858018.943%26%
Upland Junior HighFree meals for all
7–859918.835%16%
Ray Wiltsey MiddleFree meals for all
6–872717.538%22%
Oaks MiddleFree meals for all
7–866821.553%36%
De Anza MiddleFree meals for all
7–851015.944%40%
Serrano MiddleFree meals for all
7–865718.455%47%

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

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 062847004414