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Vandenberg Middle

Public 7-8

 Mountain View Blvd.
       Lompoc, CA  93437

(805) 742-2700

District: Lompoc Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
998th of 2,740 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,493 Help

Students who attend Vandenberg Middle usually attend:

High:    Cabrillo High

Feeder schools for Vandenberg Middle:

Elementary:    Buena Vista Elementary
    Crestview Elementary
    La Honda STEAM Academy
    Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy

Student/teacher ratio:  21.0
Number of students:  595

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
55.5%
White:
31.8%
Two or more races:
7.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  41.3%

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Compare Details Vandenberg Middle ranks better than 63.6% of middle schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2022 the calculated Average Standard Score was 56.05. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (55.5%), White (31.8%), two or more races (7.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Vandenberg Middle is 21. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Vandenberg Middle is $8,493.
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Schooldigger 2022 Rankings:

Vandenberg Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Vandenberg Middle 998th of 2740 California public middle schools. (See Vandenberg Middle in the ranking list.)

Lompoc Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Lompoc Unified 1019th of 1535 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Vandenberg Middle

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Rank History for all students at Vandenberg Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 69.00 447th 1769 74.7%
2005 71.26 420th 1777 76.4%
2006 71.96 432nd 1804 76.1%
2007 70.90 472nd 1999 76.4%
2008 62.78 645th 2005 67.8%
2009 65.33 614th 2063 70.2%
2010 65.52 651st 2179 70.1%
2011 72.23 485th 2236 78.3%
2012 70.45 561st 2259 75.2%
2013 66.43 699th 2379 70.6%
2015 60.12 858th 2477 65.4%
2016 62.40 809th 2497 67.6%
2017 54.68 988th 2508 60.6%
2018 62.04 794th 2480 68.0%
2019 62.53 855th 2715 68.5%
2022 56.05 998th 2740 63.6%

Rank History for Multi-racial students at Vandenberg Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.81 313th 462 32.3%
2019 50.14 310th 554 44.0%
2022 45.66 372nd 665 44.1%

Rank History for English Language Learner students at Vandenberg Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.37 800th 1364 41.3%
2019 27.32 1272nd 1442 11.8%
2022 50.42 463rd 1540 69.9%

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Vandenberg Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.02 691st 2230 69.0%
2019 54.10 902nd 2369 61.9%
2022 41.37 1283rd 2458 47.8%

Rank History for Female students at Vandenberg Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.13 874th 2262 61.4%
2019 58.83 860th 2380 63.9%
2022 59.30 824th 2509 67.2%

Rank History for Disabled students at Vandenberg Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.44 691st 1369 49.5%
2019 41.92 711th 1491 52.3%
2022 35.99 877th 1531 42.7%

Rank History for Military Connected students at Vandenberg Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 81.32 28th 193 85.5%

Rank History for Male students at Vandenberg Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.72 679th 2273 70.1%
2019 63.42 737th 2407 69.4%
2022 52.64 984th 2527 61.1%

Rank History for African American students at Vandenberg Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.26 32nd 600 94.7%
2019 86.92 50th 643 92.2%

Rank History for Hispanic students at Vandenberg Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.33 587th 2072 71.7%
2019 56.83 758th 2213 65.7%
2022 53.77 892nd 2359 62.2%

Rank History for White students at Vandenberg Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.60 704th 1496 52.9%
2019 62.00 602nd 1602 62.4%
2022 53.82 699th 1555 55.0%

Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Vandenberg Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 633 84 52 75 15 n/a n/a 0 859
1989 645 97 56 99 9 n/a n/a 0 906
1990 689 94 57 116 10 n/a n/a 0 966
1991 728 103 53 138 10 n/a n/a 0 1032
1992 738 108 56 148 9 n/a n/a 0 1059
1993 798 139 71 205 14 n/a n/a 0 1227
1994 756 120 76 224 11 n/a n/a 0 1187
1995 685 105 57 202 11 n/a n/a 0 1060
1996 685 105 57 202 11 n/a n/a 0 1060
1997 713 109 63 197 27 n/a n/a 0 1109
1998 688 116 60 214 24 n/a n/a 0 1102
1999 716 111 64 224 20 n/a n/a 0 1135
2000 714 104 60 240 14 n/a n/a 0 1132
2001 698 106 59 231 23 n/a n/a 0 1117
2002 669 92 60 265 28 n/a n/a 0 1114
2003 669 92 60 265 28 n/a n/a 0 1114
2004 667 84 69 300 28 n/a n/a 0 1148
2005 602 83 60 327 22 n/a n/a 0 1094
2006 565 59 70 313 20 n/a n/a 0 1027
2007 469 44 43 284 6 n/a n/a 165 1011
2008 484 48 43 311 11 n/a n/a 0 897
2009 385 55 32 297 12 3 73 0 857
2010 318 40 36 317 10 4 40 0 765
2011 312 38 40 327 6 7 50 0 780
2012 333 44 30 366 4 5 54 0 836
2013 296 38 23 431 8 5 44 0 845
2014 295 27 24 428 5 3 48 0 830
2015 295 27 23 393 5 2 43 0 788
2016 290 34 29 408 3 1 37 0 802
2017 272 36 29 441 6 3 44 0 831
2018 218 30 29 347 2 3 39 0 668
2019 238 24 32 348 3 4 40 0 689
2020 253 28 30 335 9 5 41 0 701
2021 207 20 22 327 8 3 45 0 632
2022 189 5 21 330 3 2 44 1 595

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity
For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Vandenberg Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 859 40.8 21.0 n/a
1989 906 43.7 20.7 n/a
1990 966 46.7 20.6 n/a
1991 1032 48.9 21.1 n/a
1992 1059 49.7 21.3 8
1993 1227 56.5 21.7 21.8
1994 1187 55.5 21.4 16.8
1995 1060 50.0 21.2 24.7
1996 1060 50.0 21.2 24.7
1997 1109 49.4 22.4 25
1998 1102 50.5 21.8 25.3
1999 1135 51.3 22.1 26.5
2000 1132 51.0 22.2 24.5
2001 1117 53.2 21.0 25.9
2002 1114 55.3 20.1 23.8
2003 1114 55.3 20.1 23.8
2004 1148 52.7 21.8 27.6
2005 1094 50.0 21.9 27.9
2006 1027 45.5 22.6 31.7
2007 1011 46.7 21.6 40.7
2008 897 53.4 16.8 40.4
2009 857 39.2 18.5 33.8
2010 765 31.9 23.9 41.8
2011 780 n/a n/a 46.5
2012 836 38.0 21.9 n/a
2013 845 38.5 21.9 54.3
2014 830 36.7 22.6 55.7
2015 788 37.0 21.2 52.8
2016 802 37.0 21.6 51.6
2017 831 37.6 22.0 51.4
2018 668 31.1 21.4 50.7
2019 689 31.7 21.6 50.2
2020 701 n/a n/a 46.8
2021 632 30.1 20.9 48.3
2022 595 28.2 21.0 41.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch
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Student/Teacher Ratio Vandenberg Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 859 40.8 21.0 n/a
1989 906 43.7 20.7 n/a
1990 966 46.7 20.6 n/a
1991 1032 48.9 21.1 n/a
1992 1059 49.7 21.3 8
1993 1227 56.5 21.7 21.8
1994 1187 55.5 21.4 16.8
1995 1060 50.0 21.2 24.7
1996 1060 50.0 21.2 24.7
1997 1109 49.4 22.4 25
1998 1102 50.5 21.8 25.3
1999 1135 51.3 22.1 26.5
2000 1132 51.0 22.2 24.5
2001 1117 53.2 21.0 25.9
2002 1114 55.3 20.1 23.8
2003 1114 55.3 20.1 23.8
2004 1148 52.7 21.8 27.6
2005 1094 50.0 21.9 27.9
2006 1027 45.5 22.6 31.7
2007 1011 46.7 21.6 40.7
2008 897 53.4 16.8 40.4
2009 857 39.2 18.5 33.8
2010 765 31.9 23.9 41.8
2011 780 n/a n/a 46.5
2012 836 38.0 21.9 n/a
2013 845 38.5 21.9 54.3
2014 830 36.7 22.6 55.7
2015 788 37.0 21.2 52.8
2016 802 37.0 21.6 51.6
2017 831 37.6 22.0 51.4
2018 668 31.1 21.4 50.7
2019 689 31.7 21.6 50.2
2020 701 n/a n/a 46.8
2021 632 30.1 20.9 48.3
2022 595 28.2 21.0 41.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio
Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Vandenberg Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $8,493

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Vandenberg Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Pandemic (2021-2022)		 Change (%)
Ranks 855th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 998th of 2740 Middle schools
 4.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Pandemic (2021-2022)		 Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Vandenberg Middle)61.749.6
 12.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Lompoc Unified)45.137.2
 8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.449.2
 2.2%
7th Grade Mathematics (Vandenberg Middle)42.234.7
 7.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Lompoc Unified)27.718.6
 9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.932
 5.8%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Vandenberg Middle)57.147.3
 9.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Lompoc Unified)44.433.9
 10.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.446.6
 2.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Vandenberg Middle)33.429.1
 4.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Lompoc Unified)24.618
 6.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.2
 7.4%
8th Grade Science (Vandenberg Middle)32.531.8
 0.7%
   8th Grade Science (Lompoc Unified)24.422.8
 1.6%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.829.2
 1.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Pandemic (2020-2021)		 Change (%)
Total Students689632
 8.3%
African American2420
 16.7%
American Indian38
 166.7%
Asian3222
 31.3%
Hispanic348327
 6%
Pacific Islander43
 25%
White238207
 13%
Two or More Races4045
 12.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients50.2%48.3%
 2%



Frequently Asked Questions about Vandenberg Middle

Students at Vandenberg Middle are 55% Hispanic, 32% White, 7% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

Students who attend Vandenberg Middle usually go on to attend Cabrillo High

In the 2021-22 school year, 595 students attended Vandenberg Middle.

Vandenberg Middle ranks 998th of 2740 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.


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