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Vista View Middle

Middle School
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of middle schools
State Rank
of California middle schools

School overview

Enrollment
660 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
22:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
81%
Teachers
30 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Declined
-9.7 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Declined
-9.4 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
15.8%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 184 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic60.1%
White9.6%
Asian24.9%
Black0.6%
Other4.8%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Vista View Middle
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard17.8%
Met Standard21.6%
Below Standard60.7%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "39% proficient" for Vista View Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

17.8% of students exceeded standard while 21.6% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 17.3%. That's 4.5 points below the Ocean View district average of 22.3%. The 4 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 42.3% exceeded — 24.6 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 9.3 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance declined and Math declined year-over-year. 15.8% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 17.2%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
17.8%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
39.3%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
+9.3pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
17.2%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
2.3%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,391
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8
Math Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th21315.0%20.7%25.4%39.0%35.7%
7th24611.4%31.7%22.4%34.5%43.1%
8th23713.5%33.3%21.5%31.6%46.8%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th21019.1%14.8%28.6%37.6%33.8%
7th24820.2%14.9%21.8%43.1%35.1%
8th23727.4%13.9%18.6%40.1%41.4%
K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data
Middle
Vista View Middle
46.964th pctile
This school
High School
No feeder data available for this level

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.

Data source: California Department of Education (2025 test year) · How we score