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Schools in Vista Santa Rosa · Coachella Valley Unified School District

Vista Santa Rosa’s public schools score below 77% of California districts

The public schools Vista Santa Rosa’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 77% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

10%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
23%
▼ 26 pts vs CA 49%
2020–21
Math proficiency
12%
▼ 21 pts vs CA 33%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
▼ 6 pts vs CA 88%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$24.1K
▲ 14% vs CA $21.2K
FY2024
Students per teacher
21.6
CA 21.6
Schools
3
2,471 students
The School Grade

How Vista Santa Rosa compares

D Test scoresC− Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 23%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (469)Better than 10%
High confidence. Built on 7,163 tested students and a graduating class of 1,295; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of California only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Vista Santa Rosa.

The path, start to finish
K–6Westside ElementaryCoachella Valley Unified School District
7–8Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior HighCoachella Valley Unified School District
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your address

The district

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading23%
State average 48.5%
Math12%
State average 33.4%

Vista Santa Rosa vs. its neighbors

Vista Santa Rosa’s schools rank 4th of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among California districts.

Every school in Vista Santa Rosa

3 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

Elementary
Middle
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Colleges near Vista Santa Rosa

There’s no college in Vista Santa Rosa, but 3 are within 30 miles. The closest is College of the Desert in Palm Desert, 12.8 miles away.

Colleges →
College of the DesertCommunity college · Public · Palm Desert
12.8 mi7,129 students
California Indian Nations CollegeCommunity college · Public · Palm Desert
13.4 mi29 students
San Joaquin Valley College-Rancho MirageCommunity college · For-profit · Rancho Mirage
16.1 mi260 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Vista Santa Rosa. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.

School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within California. Stars are from neighbors.

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