Vista Unified School District is a public school district headquartered in

Vista, California Vista (; Spanish language, Spanish for "view") is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. It is a medium-sized city within the San Diego-Carlsbad metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, V ...

, United States. It serves sections of northern

San Diego County San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of California, north to its border with Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,298,634; it is the second-most populous ...

. The Vista Unified School District is the 4th largest school district in San Diego County and includes 32 schools with diverse educational programs for kindergarten through adult education students. VUSD has 17 elementary schools, three magnet schools, four middle schools, three comprehensive high schools, three alternative high schools, two special education schools and one adult school. VUSD serves more than 23,000 students and 2,000 adult education students in Vista, as well as sections of Oceanside, San Marcos, Carlsbad and some unincorporated areas of the County.

Schools

K-12 Academies

Guajome Park Academy Guajome Park Academy (commonly referred to as Guajome or GPA) is a K–12 public charter school in Vista, California, United States that was established in 1994. It offers the IB Diploma Programme for eleventh and twelfth-graders. During ...

High schools

*Alta Vista High School (AVHS) *Major General Raymond Murray High School (MGRMHS) *

Mission Vista High School Mission Vista High School is a public, comprehensive, dual-magnet high school in Oceanside, California. It is part of Vista Unified School District. The school currently serves 1,725 students and has been accredited by the Western Associatio ...

(MVHS) *

Rancho Buena Vista High School Rancho Buena Vista High School or "RBV" is a California Distinguished School and International Baccalaureate Organization World School, located in Vista, California. In the 1990–1991 and 1994–1995 school years Rancho Buena Vista High Sch ...

(RBVHS) * Vista High School (VHS) *Trade Tech High School (Charter) *Guajome Park Academy (Charter)

Middle schools

*Madison Middle School (MMS) *Rancho Minerva Middle School (RMMS) *Roosevelt Middle School (RMS) *Vista Visions Academy (VVA) *Vista Magnet Middle School (VMMS) *Vista Innovation & Design Academy (VIDA) *Washington Middle School (defunct, successor is VIDA) *Guajome Park Academy (Charter) *Bella Mente Academy (Charter)

Elementary schools

*Alamosa Park *Beaumont *Bella Mente Montessori Academy (Charter) *Bobier *Breeze Hill *California Ave *Casita Center *Empresa *Foothill Oak *Grapevine *Guajome Park Academy (Charter) *Hannalei *Lake *Maryland *Mission Meadows *Monte Vista *North Star Academy *THE Leadership Academy (formerly Temple Heights) *Vista Academy of Performing Arts (VAPA)

Budget crisis

The district is not currently in a budget crisis. The budget is balanced for the next two school years. Budget problems will surely exist throughout the state as businesses closed during the pandemic, reducing state tax revenue. The state is also experiencing declining enrollment as a whole in public schools.

References

External links

Official website
*https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/editorials/story/2019-11-06/vista-unified-budget-13-million-cut *https://fox5sandiego.com/2019/10/18/vista-school-board-proposes-layoffs-program-cuts-balance-budget/ *https://www.kpbs.org/news/2019/oct/18/vista-unified-superintendent-resigns-amidst-fiscal/ {{Portalbar, Schools, California, Education School districts in San Diego County, California Vista, California 1936 establishments in California School districts established in 1936