Special education center · Vista Unified · Vista, California
Vista Adult Transition Center
Vista · Adult · 107 students (2024–25)
A special education school: students are placed here through their IEP team, so we publish its results without a rating.
Shared campus · © OpenStreetMap
The California School Campus Database records Vista Visions Academy on this campus too; it gives each school the whole campus, so this drawing doesn’t show which buildings each uses.
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Common questions
How are students placed here?
Students are placed here by an IEP team, not by address and not by lottery. Confirm placement with Vista Unified. Evidence ↓
How often do students miss school or get suspended?
50 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26 (48 of 96), meaning they missed 10% or more of school days. 1.0% of students (1 of 98) were suspended at least once in 2025–26. Evidence ↓
How do I visit Vista Adult Transition Center?
Call the office at (760) 758-3400 to ask about a visit. Questions to bring are under Next steps. Evidence ↓
What you can do
Who can act on Vista Adult Transition Center’s results?
Vista Unified’s board decides Vista Adult Transition Center’s plan.
Students at Vista Adult Transition Center are placed here by an IEP team, not by address and not by lottery.
What has the state flagged?
The state is giving Vista Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.
Extra help for Vista Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source
When is the plan set, and how can you take part?
Vista Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.
How to take part
- Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
- Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
- Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
- Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
- Read Vista Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)
Life at school
How often do students miss school or get suspended?
50 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.
State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26
That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 1.0% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26.
Source
- Source
- CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
- Students
- chronic absence: 48 of 96 students counted for it; suspension: 1 of 98 students enrolled during the year
Chronically absent, 2025–26
48 of 96 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.
Suspensions, 2025–26
1.0%
of students were suspended at least once (1 of 98).
Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Vista Adult Transition Center
Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.
Teach here? Tell us Vista Unified’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.
Every learner
Who goes here?
Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here: 74%.
Students, families and teachers
Who are the students?
2025–26 · students counted- Hispanic or Latino74%
- White20%
- Asian—
- Black or African American—
- Filipino—
- Two or more races—
- American Indian or Alaska Native—
- Pacific Islander—
- Not reported—
- Unallocated share6%
How many families qualify for free meals?
69%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 74 of 107.
Ask: Which services and therapies does each student get during the school day, and who provides them?
Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
| Students, 2025–26 | Here |
|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 74% |
| White | 20% |
| Asian | — |
| Black or African American | — |
| Filipino | — |
| Two or more races | — |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | — |
| Pacific Islander | — |
| Not reported | — |
Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.
Next steps
How are students placed here?
Confirm placement with Vista Unified.
Location and visiting
Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm placement with Vista Unified.
Questions for your visit
- When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
- Which services and therapies does each student get during the school day, and who provides them?
- How are my child’s IEP goals set, reviewed and shared with our family?
- What transition services help students plan for life, training or work after school?
- Which students finish with a regular diploma and which with a certificate of completion, and what does each lead to?
Office (760) 758-3400325 East Bobier Drive, directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Source records
Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.
2025 CDE CCI overall Prepared: no exact school row in the verified 2025 source.
CDE assessment recordsCDE CAASPP 2026 · every level, as published · raw grade–subject rows
What each level means: California's level descriptions.
All Grades is an aggregate, not another group of students. Same-year grade groups are not matched children. A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.
The spring 2026 CAASPP records we hold have no English or math rows for this school. Its earlier results are under Every tested year.
Every tested year2015–2024 · rates, tested counts, and each grade
A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.
English and math by test year · all tested grades
| Year · subject | Students with scores | Exceeded | Met or exceeded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · English | 0 | — | — |
| 2024 · Math | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 · English | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 · Math | 0 | — | — |
| 2017 · English | — | — | — |
| 2017 · Math | — | — | — |
| 2016 · English | 0 | — | — |
| 2016 · Math | 0 | — | — |
| 2015 · English | 0 | — | — |
| 2015 · Math | 0 | — | — |
Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.
Earlier years · grade and subject
| Year · grade · subject | Students with scores | Met or exceeded |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 · Grade 6 · English | 0 | — |
| 2024 · Grade 6 · Math | 0 | — |
| 2022 · Grade 6 · English | 0 | — |
| 2022 · Grade 6 · Math | 0 | — |
| 2017 · Grade 7 · English | — | — |
| 2017 · Grade 7 · Math | — | — |
| 2016 · Grade 11 · English | 0 | — |
| 2016 · Grade 11 · Math | 0 | — |
| 2015 · Grade 6 · English | 0 | — |
| 2015 · Grade 6 · Math | 0 | — |
“Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.
Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
| Science (CAST) | Tested | Advanced | Proficient | Developing level | Minimal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schoolwide | 0 | — | — | — | — |
CAST is California’s science test, reported apart from English and math.
Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26
CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.
| Year-over-year school rates |
|---|
| Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 58 in 100 → 2025–26 · 50 in 100 · −8 in 100 |
| Suspension rate2024–25 · 6.3% (7 of 112) → 2025–26 · 1.0% (1 of 98) · −5.3 percentage points |
| Group | 2018–19 | 2025–26 |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 55 in 100 | 54 in 100 |
| Male | 45 in 100 | 48 in 100 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 53 in 100 | 52 in 100 |
| White | 50 in 100 | 53 in 100 |
| Students with disabilities | 49 in 100 | 50 in 100 |
| English learners | 55 in 100 | 56 in 100 |
| Low-income | 56 in 100 | 54 in 100 |
| All students | 49 in 100 | 50 in 100 |
Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.
Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2021–22 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
| Measure | This school |
|---|---|
| AP offered | not offered |
| AP course count | not reported |
| AP enrollment (male/female) | not reported |
| IB participation | not offered |
| Dual enrollment | not offered |
| Algebra I in grade 8 | not reported |
| Calculus sections | 0 |
| Physics sections | 0 |
| Chemistry sections | 0 |
| Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC) | 114 |
Shown, never scored. Participation counts use reported male and female categories in both course and enrollment records. A missing value means not reported, never zero.
Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure
Per-pupil spending
NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 19,722 pupils
NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records
CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2023–24 (2024) · source denominator: 118
CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2023–24 (2024) · source denominator: 118
CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator
| Group | Dollars | Share, to two decimals | Printed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction | $223,923,553 | 63.87% | 64% |
| Instruction support | $43,178,735 | 12.32% | 12% |
| Student services | $30,884,576 | 8.81% | 9% |
| Administration | $19,092,280 | 5.45% | 5% |
| Buildings & maintenance | $30,380,781 | 8.67% | 9% |
| Other | $3,146,002 | 0.90% | 1% |
| Total | $350,605,926 | 100.00% | 100% |
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 92084 · not the school’s students
| Measure | Estimate |
|---|---|
| Median household income | $98,577 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) | 29% |
| ZIP-area population | 49,727 |
| Median age | 36.0 years |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. See all schools in ZIP code 92084 →
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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · staffing and finance name their own sources and years beside each figure · Data updated October 15, 2026.
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