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Vacaville, California - 17 schools
An equity score of 38/100 ranks Vacaville Unified #1064 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,205 per pupil, Vacaville Unified ranks #1160 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
12,608
Total Enrollment
17
Schools
$14,205
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Vacaville Unified operates 17 public schools serving 12,608 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 10 elementary, 3 high, 2 middle, 2 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Solano County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,205 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 35.7% local, 52.9% state, and 11.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 38/100, ranked #1064 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 3 of 17 schools offering Advanced Placement (33 AP courses district-wide), a 285.8:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 32.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 42.5% Hispanic or Latino, 31.8% White, 6.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Cooper Elementary, with a diversity index of 73.7/100.
Its largest campus is Vacaville High, enrolling 2,044 students (16% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Shereene Wilkerson Academy of Excellence, at 6 students, a 341x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Vacaville High accounts for 16.1% of all Vacaville Unified student enrollment
That concentration means Vacaville Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Vacaville Unified school enrollment varies 341× across entities
Vacaville Unified school enrollment ranges from 6 students (lowest) to 2,044 students (highest), a spread of 2,038 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Vacaville Unified student-counselor ratio is 286:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Vacaville Unified is typically wider than the Vacaville Unified-aggregate figure suggests.
Vacaville Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 32.0% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.