📍 Mountain View Blvd., Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, 93437
Vandenberg Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County. The school has 594 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Joel Jory. It is part of the Lompoc Unified school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
Vandenberg Middle enrolls 594 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Hispanic or Latino, 32% White and 6.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 324 | 55% |
| White | 187 | 32% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 6.2% |
| Asian | 23 | 3.9% |
| Black or African American | 13 | 2.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | 1.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
309 of the school's 594 students (52%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Vandenberg Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Vandenberg Middle is one of 16 schools in Lompoc Unified, based in Lompoc, California. The district serves 8,898 students district-wide and employs 447 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 594 students, Vandenberg Middle is close to the district average of about 556 students per school.