Summary:
Vina Danks Middle is a public middle school located in Ontario, California, serving grades 7-8 with a student population of 626. The school is part of the Ontario-Montclair School District, which is ranked 791 out of 1,560 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Vina Danks Middle stands out from nearby schools in several key ways. The school has a significantly higher percentage of Hispanic students (93.61%) compared to nearby schools, which range from 48.74% to 90.08% Hispanic students. Academically, Vina Danks Middle consistently underperforms the district and the state of California in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. For example, in 2022-2023, only 36.24% of Vina Danks students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 40.5% for the district and 46.66% for the state. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 21.1%, significantly higher than the nearby schools, which range from 14.9% to 28.4%. Additionally, Vina Danks Middle has an extremely high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 90.26% in 2022-2023, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.
Vina Danks Middle's consistent low performance, with a ranking between 1,723 and 2,082 out of over 2,500 California middle schools over the past decade, suggests a persistent challenge in providing a high-quality education to its students. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as English Language Learners and Disabled students, who rank in the bottom 25% of California middle schools. While Vina Danks Middle shares some similarities with the nearby schools, such as being part of the Ontario-Montclair district, it stands out as the school with the highest percentage of Hispanic students, the lowest test scores, and the highest chronic absenteeism and free/reduced lunch rates, indicating that it faces unique challenges in serving its student population.
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Detail:
Public 7-8
District:
Ontario-Montclair
SchoolDigger Rank:
1806th of 2,802 California Middle Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,109
Students who attend Vina Danks Middle usually attend:
Feeder schools for Vina Danks Middle:
Student/teacher ratio: 18.3
Number of students: 626
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
93.6%
White:
2.7%
African American:
1.3%
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Two or more races:
1.0%
Asian:
0.6%
American Indian:
0.5%
Pacific Islander:
0.3%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 90.3%
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