Elementary Schools in Vista Unified

Vista Unified has 15 elementary schools serving K–5; 14 have reported 2025–26 test results, while California Avenue Elementary has no test scores in the supplied data. Across the 14 scored schools, results range by 52 percentage points in ELA, 59 points in math, and 44 points in science. In each subject, the leading school is above the state result while the lowest school is far below it. The most important finding for families is that performance varies greatly from one school to another, so the districtwide picture does not describe every school.

Casita Center for Science/Math/Technology and Empresa Elementary stand out, with different subject strengths: Casita leads ELA at 72% and science at 53%, and is second in math; Empresa leads math at 73% and is second in ELA and science. Those leaders are 23 points above the state in ELA, 34 points above in math, and 17 points above in science. Alamosa Park Elementary is above the state in all three subjects. At the other end, Maryland Elementary has the lowest ELA and math results, at 20% and 13%, while Foothill Oak Elementary has the lowest science result, at 9%. SchoolDigger ranks Casita and Empresa at the 86th and 84th statewide percentiles, compared with the 4th percentile for Maryland.

Recent changes differ sharply by school: Mission Meadows Elementary gained 4 to 8 percentage points across the three subjects, while Maryland fell 5 to 11 points. The group averages were nearly unchanged in ELA and math and rose 2 points in science; state results increased in all three subjects. SchoolDigger’s longer-term rankings also rose at Mission Meadows, from the 45th to the 58th percentile, and fell at Grapevine Elementary, from the 34th to the 15th. School context varies too: reported student–teacher ratios range from 21.8 to 26.5, and the schools’ measure of free/reduced lunch eligible ranges from 36% to 94% in 2024–25; these are observations, not explanations for achievement.