Summary:
ZIP code 90043 has three middle schools, all serving grades 6–8, so their 2024–2025 results cover the same grade span. Their academic outcomes vary substantially: ICEF Vista Middle Academy leads in English language arts (ELA), math and science, while Alliance Virgil Roberts Leadership Academy has the lowest ELA and math results. The most important finding is that school choice matters: only Vista scored above the state in ELA and math, and all three schools were below the state in science.
ICEF Vista stands out academically, with 62% proficiency in ELA and 59% in math—13 and 21 percentage points above the state, respectively—and the group’s highest science result, 23%. At the other end, Alliance Virgil Roberts had 27% proficiency in ELA and 17% in math. ICEF View Park Preparatory Middle fell between them in ELA (48%) and math (25%), but had the lowest science result, 13%, compared with 18% at Alliance Virgil Roberts and 23% at Vista. Across the three schools, average science proficiency was 18%, 15 points below the state’s 33%.
SchoolDigger’s rankings improved from 2022–2023 to 2024–2025 at View Park, from the 32nd to the 46th percentile, and at Vista, from the 71st to the 80th; Alliance Virgil Roberts slipped from the 22nd to the 20th percentile. In 2024–2025, SchoolDigger ranked Vista 562nd of 2,761 state middle schools and gave it four stars; View Park ranked 1,487th with two stars, and Alliance Virgil Roberts ranked 2,219th with one star. Class-size context differs too: student-teacher ratios were 18.0 at Vista, 20.6 at Alliance Virgil Roberts and 31.6 at View Park. In 2024–2025, Vista and Alliance Virgil Roberts reported 96% and 95% of students free/reduced lunch eligible, while View Park reported 69% directly certified for free meals; these are different measures and should not be treated as directly comparable. Rankings changed over time, but test results are available for only one school year.
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