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Sierra Vista K-8

Q: Is Sierra Vista K-8 a good school?

Sierra Vista K-8 ranks 1892 nd of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-8

1892^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 68% of California elementary schools

Summary

Sierra Vista K-8 is a public school serving about 611 students from kindergarten through 8th grade in the Vacaville Unified School District, consistently ranking in the top third of all California schools.

The school stands out in the area for its strong academic performance, particularly in English Language Arts where it scores well above the district average, and for its exceptionally low rate of chronic student absences, which is the best among nearby schools. This success is notable because Sierra Vista achieves these results while serving a diverse student community and outperforms other local schools with similar profiles, such as Eugene Padan Elementary and Edwin Markham Elementary. It also compares favorably to schools in neighboring districts like Foxboro Elementary in the Travis Unified district.

While Sierra Vista is a high-performing school, test scores show a need for growth in mathematics, especially in the middle school grades. The school's K-8 structure may provide stability that benefits students, and it uses its resources effectively to deliver strong results. Parents should know that the school has shown solid performance across many student groups, though there is variability in how different subgroups perform.

611

Students ?

22.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,637

Per pupil spending ?

48.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

301 Bel Air Dr.
Vacaville, CA 95687-6343

(707) 453-6260

District: Vacaville Unified

Racial breakdown:

White:

44.2%

Hispanic:

32.1%

Two or more races:

11.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 51st percentile in 2019 → 68th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 17 percentile points since 2019

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Vacaville Unified

✓Above the California median (68th percentile)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 22 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school45%

District avg35%

California avg41%

Elementary school

1,892^nd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 32%▲ up 16 pts since 2019

From top 49% (2019) to top 32% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

1,039^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 38%▼ down 4 pts since 2019

From top 34% (2019) to top 38% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 10Elementary Schools in the Vacaville Unified

805^th of 1,543Vacaville Unified 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	63.7	1892 of 5857	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	63.5	1901 of 5869	67.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	67.5	1693 of 5859	71.1%	★★★★☆
2022	63.9	1849 of 5883	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	46.1	2815 of 5789	51.4%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	72.8	1377 of 5597	75.4%	★★★★☆
2024	70.1	1491 of 5612	73.4%	★★★★☆
2023	68.6	1571 of 5609	72.0%	★★★★☆
2022	63.5	1798 of 5635	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	37.8	3248 of 5492	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.2	2767 of 5413	48.9%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	59.3	1743 of 5107	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	59.4	1714 of 5107	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	65.3	1391 of 5087	72.7%	★★★★☆
2022	64.9	1387 of 5084	72.7%	★★★★☆
2019	49.5	2314 of 4963	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	42.5	2707 of 4830	44.0%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	58.0	1965 of 5460	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	62.6	1645 of 5517	70.2%	★★★★☆
2023	64.7	1492 of 5363	72.2%	★★★★☆
2022	70.1	1170 of 5264	77.8%	★★★★☆
2019	38.4	3237 of 5173	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.2	2804 of 5084	44.8%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	52.1	2382 of 5628	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	55.1	2206 of 5643	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.6	1830 of 5638	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	61.2	1903 of 5663	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	55.4	2177 of 5510	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	49.6	2470 of 5431	54.5%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.4	626 of 718	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.0	551 of 610	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	20.2	375 of 445	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	40.8	1664 of 2598	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.9	1710 of 2651	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.5	1411 of 2661	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.1	1628 of 2726	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	23.9	2301 of 2834	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.9	2212 of 2737	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	54.8	1039 of 2761	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	67.0	743 of 2783	73.3%	★★★★☆
2023	62.4	829 of 2781	70.2%	★★★★☆
2022	52.4	1098 of 2740	59.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.3	913 of 2715	66.4%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	58.8	424 of 1531	72.3%	★★★★☆
2019	75.8	224 of 1491	85.0%	★★★★☆
2018	77.9	188 of 1369	86.3%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	61.2	801 of 2533	68.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	63.3	757 of 2551	70.3%	★★★★☆
2023	56.4	906 of 2531	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.3	1134 of 2509	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	53.2	972 of 2380	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	58.5	830 of 2262	63.3%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	51.5	975 of 2395	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	70.1	512 of 2388	78.6%	★★★★☆
2023	76.6	365 of 2374	84.6%	★★★★☆
2022	52.4	921 of 2359	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	65.7	571 of 2213	74.2%	★★★★☆
2018	60.8	652 of 2072	68.5%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	48.6	1123 of 2542	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	69.2	550 of 2579	78.7%	★★★★☆
2023	61.4	717 of 2531	71.7%	★★★★☆
2022	56.8	815 of 2458	66.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	52.8	937 of 2369	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.9	778 of 2230	65.1%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	45.9	1193 of 2534	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	67.8	673 of 2552	73.6%	★★★★☆
2023	66.6	683 of 2538	73.1%	★★★★☆
2022	55.9	912 of 2527	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	64.3	719 of 2407	70.1%	★★★★☆
2018	56.3	860 of 2273	62.2%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.9	564 of 726	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.5	481 of 665	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.6	488 of 554	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.9	396 of 462	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	22.8	1361 of 1552	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.8	957 of 1531	37.5%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.6	971 of 1520	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.7	809 of 1537	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.0	929 of 1543	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.8	889 of 1555	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.3	846 of 1602	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.4	810 of 1496	45.9%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

Female (2025)75th percentile+8 vs school

Hispanic (2025)66th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)64th percentile-4 vs school

Male (2025)58th percentile-10 vs school

White (2025)36th percentile-32 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)13th percentile-55 vs school

Middle school

Disabled (2022)72nd percentile+12 vs school

Female (2025)68th percentile+6 vs school

Hispanic (2025)59th percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)56th percentile-7 vs school

Male (2025)53rd percentile-9 vs school

White (2025)36th percentile-26 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)22nd percentile-40 vs school

Special Education (2024)12th percentile-61 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy58%+9 vs state

Mathematics38%~ state avg

Science29%-3 vs state

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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)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	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 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	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 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sierra Vista K-8	Public	K-8	301 Bel Air Dr.	Vacaville	95687	Solano County	Vacaville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 453-6260	611	27	22.5	48.1%	270 (44.2%)	32 (5.2%)	196 (32.1%)	42 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	69 (11.3%)	63.7	1892^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	67.7%		63.5	1901^st of 5869 public elementary schools	67.6%	9	33.3	27.4	29.5	66.7	65.6	48.3	46.2	57.0	61.7	57.7	72.6	55.7	26.7	36.9	31.8	25.2	38.1						$14,637	$1,136	$13,501
Cambridge Elementary	Public	K-6	100 Cambridge Dr.	Vacaville	95687	Solano County	Travis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 446-9494	738	33	22.2	46.1%	167 (22.6%)	55 (7.5%)	263 (35.6%)	120 (16.3%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.7%)	126 (17.1%)	51.5	2526^th of 5857 public elementary schools	56.9%		54.9	2293^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	60.9%	233	38.5		38.5	45.1	44.3	46.9	50.5			46.6	38.7	38.5	35.4	38.1			37.8	98.4			98.4		$14,181	$1,683	$12,498
Jean Callison Elementary	Public	K-6	6261 Vanden Rd.	Vacaville	95687	Solano County	Vacaville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 453-6250	762	32	23.7	55.0%	222 (29.1%)	51 (6.7%)	303 (39.8%)	85 (11.2%)	3 (0.4%)	7 (0.9%)	91 (11.9%)	40.8	3168^th of 5857 public elementary schools	45.9%		47.8	2678^th of 5869 public elementary schools	54.4%	490	31.0		31.0	46.2	39.8	38.6	46.4			42.7	40.5	26.4	26.1	25.4			30.8						$14,465	$1,364	$13,101
Fairmont Charter Elementary	Public, Charter	K-6	1355 Marshall Rd.	Vacaville	95687	Solano County	Vacaville Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 453-6240	586	26	22.5	69.8%	109 (18.6%)	46 (7.8%)	294 (50.2%)	50 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	83 (14.2%)	18.6	4949^th of 5857 public elementary schools	15.5%		22.5	4633^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	21.1%	316	13.7		13.7	26.4	28.8	21.9	29.2			26.6	20.0	31.5	11.0	16.7			19.8	94.4		96.8		97.6	$16,865	$1,849	$15,016
Foxboro Elementary	Public	K-6	600 Morning Glory Dr.	Vacaville	95687	Solano County	Travis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 447-7883	717	34	20.9	47.4%	222 (31.0%)	47 (6.6%)	247 (34.4%)	66 (9.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	133 (18.5%)	35.4	3546^th of 5857 public elementary schools	39.5%		42	3069^th of 5869 public elementary schools	47.7%	477	37.1		37.1	25.2	36.2	44.2	35.9			35.1	27.5	37.1	29.2	25.2			29.8						$16,196	$1,835	$14,361
Cooper Elementary	Public	K-6	750 Christine Dr.	Vacaville	95687	Solano County	Vacaville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 453-6210	710	32	22.1	52.1%	251 (35.4%)	46 (6.5%)	223 (31.4%)	74 (10.4%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	111 (15.6%)	63.3	1910^th of 5857 public elementary schools	67.4%		53.7	2359^th of 5869 public elementary schools	59.8%	449	26.5		26.5	53.4	53.0	49.0	61.5			54.6	60.6	48.0	34.7	45.1			47.2	93.6	98.2	97.3			$15,205	$1,706	$13,499
Eugene Padan Elementary	Public	K-6	200 Padan School Rd.	Vacaville	95687	Solano County	Vacaville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 453-6235	751	31	24.6	71.8%	159 (21.2%)	69 (9.2%)	382 (50.9%)	43 (5.7%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.9%)	90 (12.0%)	16.4	5156^th of 5857 public elementary schools	12.0%		17.6	5064^th of 5869 public elementary schools	13.7%	92	13.8		13.8	25.5	24.3	29.0	23.3			25.5	27.7	17.0	13.0	12.2			17.7						$14,026	$1,752	$12,274
Edwin Markham Elementary	Public	K-6	101 Markham Ave.	Vacaville	95688	Solano County	Vacaville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 453-6230	882	37	23.8	68.6%	98 (11.1%)	59 (6.7%)	620 (70.3%)	39 (4.4%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.5%)	60 (6.8%)	22.4	4640^th of 5857 public elementary schools	20.8%		18.2	5010^th of 5869 public elementary schools	14.6%	370	23.9		23.9	31.7	26.4	33.6	21.7			28.3	36.4	19.2	17.9	12.6			21.6	97.4					$13,750	$1,798	$11,952
Alamo Elementary	Public	K-6	500 South Orchard Ave.	Vacaville	95688	Solano County	Vacaville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 453-6200	714	29	24.6	55.7%	309 (43.3%)	27 (3.8%)	263 (36.8%)	37 (5.2%)	2 (0.3%)	9 (1.3%)	67 (9.4%)	49.1	2642^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	54.9%		60.4	2051^st of 5869 public elementary schools	65.1%	591	29.4		29.4	42.3	49.0	44.9	54.4			47.7	47.2	38.4	23.7	35.7			35.9						$14,724	$1,199	$13,525
Hemlock Elementary	Public	K-6	400 Hemlock St.	Vacaville	95688	Solano County	Vacaville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 453-6245	413	19	21.6	58.4%	191 (46.2%)	13 (3.1%)	142 (34.4%)	27 (6.5%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (8.7%)	43.7	2971^st of 5857 public elementary schools	49.3%		42.9	2999^th of 5869 public elementary schools	48.9%	28	36.4		36.4	24.5	53.3	48.8	43.4			42.9	32.7	41.7	24.4	27.8			32.2						$17,623	$2,498	$15,125

Frequently Asked Questions about Sierra Vista K-8

What district is Sierra Vista K-8 in?

Vacaville Unified

Is Sierra Vista K-8 a good school?

Sierra Vista K-8 ranks 1892^nd of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Sierra Vista K-8?

In the 2024-25 school year, 611 students attended Sierra Vista K-8.

What is the racial makeup of Sierra Vista K-8?

Students at Sierra Vista K-8 are 44% White, 32% Hispanic, 11% Two or more races, 7% Asian, 5% African American.

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