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Vista Verde Middle

Public Grades 7-8

2572^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 7% of California middle schools

Summary

Vista Verde Middle is a public school serving 727 students in grades 7 and 8 in Greenfield, CA, as part of the Greenfield Union Elementary district, which ranks in the bottom 10% of districts statewide.

Academic performance at Vista Verde is a significant concern, as it ranks in the 7th percentile among all California schools and has shown a steep decline over the past decade. In core subjects like English, math, and science, the percentage of students meeting state standards is consistently lower than at nearby middle schools, including Fairview Middle, Chalone Peaks Middle, and Main Street Middle. Notably, the school's scores are also lower than the average for its own district, indicating specific challenges at the school level.

Despite a substantial increase in per-student spending in recent years, these resources have not translated into better academic outcomes. The school does show some relative strengths, such as a lower chronic absenteeism rate than some comparison schools and a historical record of more effective support for English Language Learners. However, major performance gaps remain for students in special education and those from low-income families, highlighting key areas for improvement.

727

Students ?

21.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,986

Per pupil spending ?

80.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1199 Elm Ave.
Greenfield, CA 93927-4624

(831) 674-1420

District: Greenfield Union Elementary

Students who attend Vista Verde Middle usually attend:

High:

Greenfield High

Feeder schools for Vista Verde Middle:

Elementary:	Cesar Chavez Elementary
	Mary Chapa Academy
	Oak Avenue Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

98.3%

White:

0.8%

American Indian:

0.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 26th percentile in 2013 → 7th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (14% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 19 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school14%

District avg20%

California avg41%

2,572^nd of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 7%▼ down 8 pts since 2015

From bottom 14% (2015) to bottom 7% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1391^st of 1,543Greenfield Union Elementary among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.3	2572 of 2761	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.6	2364 of 2783	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.8	2424 of 2781	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.6	2193 of 2740	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.3	2173 of 2715	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.1	2143 of 2480	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	14.6	2232 of 2508	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	12.2	2281 of 2497	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	16.9	2121 of 2477	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	28.6	1756 of 2379	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	21.7	1875 of 2259	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	20.7	1891 of 2236	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	6.4	2099 of 2179	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	8.9	1940 of 2063	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	10.7	1871 of 2005	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	11.3	1853 of 1999	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	11.9	1661 of 1804	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	21.9	1400 of 1777	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	11.8	1638 of 1769	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	28.3	1122 of 1531	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.0	1431 of 1491	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	20.2	1309 of 1369	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	37.5	822 of 1478	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.0	976 of 1521	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.3	679 of 1540	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	26.7	1305 of 1442	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	25.7	1221 of 1364	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.5	2416 of 2533	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.5	2349 of 2551	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.1	2161 of 2531	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.0	1983 of 2509	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.9	1949 of 2380	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.9	1980 of 2262	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.1	2198 of 2395	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	22.9	1903 of 2388	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.6	1959 of 2374	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.0	1705 of 2359	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.4	1627 of 2213	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.5	1723 of 2072	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.9	418 of 477	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.7	257 of 394	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.5	170 of 320	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.3	219 of 336	34.8%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.9	2351 of 2542	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.6	2200 of 2579	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.4	2185 of 2531	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.4	1839 of 2458	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.4	1853 of 2369	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.9	1866 of 2230	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.3	2360 of 2534	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	22.1	2001 of 2552	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.2	2260 of 2538	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.9	2058 of 2527	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.7	1997 of 2407	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.2	2009 of 2273	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.1	55 of 95	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	47.3	49 of 94	47.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	29.3	66 of 86	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.1	1416 of 1566	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	22.7	1366 of 1552	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.8	1490 of 1531	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)44th percentile+29 vs school

Migrant (2025)42nd percentile+35 vs school

Disabled (2022)27th percentile+7 vs school

Homeless (2025)12th percentile+6 vs school

Special Education (2025)10th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)8th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)8th percentile~ school

Male (2025)7th percentile~ school

Female (2025)5th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy19%-29 vs state

Mathematics10%-27 vs state

Science8%-24 vs state

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Schools Near Vista Verde Middle

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Vista Verde Middle	Public	7-8	1199 Elm Ave.	Greenfield	93927	Monterey County	Greenfield Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 674-1420	727	34	21.2	80.5%	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	715 (98.3%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11.3	2572^nd of 2761 public middle schools	6.8%		17.6	2364^th of 2783 public middle schools	15.1%	208	8.3	8.3		19.6	19.2	19.4		10.4	10.6	10.5	$20,986	$3,187	$17,799
Chalone Peaks Middle	Public	6-8	667 Meyer St.	King City	93930	Monterey County	King City Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 385-4400	854	39	21.7	91.5%	19 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	817 (95.7%)	15 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	20	2221^st of 2761 public middle schools	19.6%		18	2343^rd of 2783 public middle schools	15.8%	122	15.3	15.3	22.9	38.1	30.2	30.3	10.2	17.4	13.5	13.7	$18,434	$2,767	$15,667
Phoenix Academy Community Day	Public	5-8	667 Meyer Ave.	King City	93930	Monterey County	King City Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 385-4400	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Main Street Middle	Public	7-8	441 Main St.	Soledad	93960	Monterey County	Soledad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 678-6460	754	36	21.1	89.8%	8 (1.1%)	3 (0.4%)	726 (96.3%)	13 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	20.4	2207^th of 2761 public middle schools	20.1%		24.1	2081^st of 2783 public middle schools	25.2%	126	20.8	20.8		26.4	24.8	25.6		14.9	16.5	15.7	$20,428	$2,266	$18,162
Fairview Middle	Public	6-8	401 Fourth St.	Gonzales	93926	Monterey County	Gonzales Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 675-3704	426	24	17.8	83.8%	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	417 (97.9%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	21.7	2163^rd of 2761 public middle schools	21.7%		21.6	2195^th of 2783 public middle schools	21.1%	32	16.3	16.3	29.9	35.2	36.6	33.9	13.6	12.1	11.8	12.5	$23,416	$1,944	$21,472

Frequently Asked Questions about Vista Verde Middle

What district is Vista Verde Middle in?

Greenfield Union Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Vista Verde Middle?

Students at Vista Verde Middle are 98% Hispanic.

How many students attend Vista Verde Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 727 students attended Vista Verde Middle.

What high school do graduates of Vista Verde Middle attend?

Students who attend Vista Verde Middle usually go on to attend Greenfield High

Is Vista Verde Middle a good school?

Vista Verde Middle ranks in the bottom 6.8% of California middle schools.

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