📍 200 Keith Way, Vacaville, Solano County, 95687
Vaca Pena Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Vacaville, Solano County. The school has 689 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jennifer Purdy. It is part of the Vacaville Unified school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
Vaca Pena Middle enrolls 689 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% Hispanic or Latino, 26% White and 10% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 317 | 46% |
| White | 178 | 26% |
| Asian | 69 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 67 | 9.7% |
| Black or African American | 47 | 6.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 7 | 1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
363 of the school's 689 students (53%) 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.
Vaca Pena Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Vaca Pena Middle is one of 18 schools in Vacaville Unified, based in Vacaville, California. The district serves 12,717 students district-wide and employs 566 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 689 students, Vaca Pena Middle is close to the district average of about 707 students per school.