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Grapevine Elementary School

Vista, CA 92083

Phone: (760) 724-8329
Fax: (760) 724-1821
District: Vista Unified School District

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public • Grades KG,1,2,3,4,5 • 730 students

Grapevine Elementary School, a public school located in Vista, CA, serves grades K-5 in the Vista Unified School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 3 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

Grapevine Elementary School is a public school located in Vista, CA. 730 students attend Grapevine Elementary School.

School Ratings

Category	Rating	Details
Test Scores	3/10	The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) data from California Department of Education, and using 2025 California Science Test data from California Department of Education.
Student Growth	2/10	The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from California Department of Education.

Posted: March 13, 2026

Save yourself the TK hassle and keep your baby in daycare if you can. This school mixes 3-5 year olds in TK and don't have enough supervision for as many children as they want to take in. Received multiple calls a week with minor incidents and calls were not consistent with more serious ones. They don't watch kids close enough to the point of letting them put their hands on each other and then they want to call you and complain. the teachers have have been doing this too long they're burnt out. If you are raising a baby with good manners be prepared to unteach problems behaviors from others the school does not care to educate. They will waste your time pulling your child out of class for emotional support groups but it's optional if your child isn't the problem. There are better bilingual schools in this area just do more research.

Posted: March 13, 2026

Posted: October 3, 2024

My girls have been going to grapevine since 2022 and I have yet get a teacher that doesnt care. Parent inclusion is great. And office staff is incredibly helpful. All staff are always ready to help.

Posted: October 3, 2024

Posted: May 1, 2024

The teachers are committed to teaching, they have the dual immersion program that has helped my son a lot, striving every day to be a better school

Posted: May 1, 2024

Posted: April 22, 2022

Grapevine Elementary is a fantastic school. They have a very successful dual language program and a robust music program. The office staff is extremely welcoming and the teachers are kind and caring. The administrators are visible and will return calls in a timely manner.

Posted: April 22, 2022

Posted: December 8, 2021

Uncaring teachers and staff. Will give you little to no options if you have a bad teacher experience and will do absolutely nothing about bullying issues. Caused life long trauma to my daughter.

Posted: July 21, 2019

Very positive environment with great administration and faculty.

Posted: November 20, 2018

We have had a wonderful experience with our teacher, Mrs. Youngkin. She is caring, loving and respectful to her students. Our son has grown as a reader. He started out second grade not able to read much and is now reading at second grade level. Best part is he loves to read. It's all because of Mrs. Youngkin. Couldn't be happier.

Posted: November 20, 2018

Posted: May 19, 2016

the worse school I have ever seen in my life, stuff are so rude, very filthy inside, no home work for the kids, the parking is horrible , most of the kids are so rude and not polite, some of them don't even speak English. please don't take ur kids there at least go and see the school before you register them, if someone told me this or if I read the comments before I wouldn't take over there

Posted: December 21, 2015

We moved from Carlsbad to Vista this year and I was extremely concerned about the move due to the overall school scores, but Grapevine has been AWESOME!! It really comes down to the staff, and Principal Olavide, VP 's Schmidt are extremely involved and very on top of things!! Both Ms. Bailey and Mr. Barrios have been very attentive to both my kiddos' progress, and they have found a good balance for homework. This is a far cry from La Costa Meadows where the homework load is excessive and all homework assignments are posted on the web without any help or guidance.
Grapevine brings the human factor back into education and I couldn't be happier to be part of it!

Posted: April 29, 2015

We have an excellent teacher and the school is great in our experience. Our son is in first grade. We got a progress report that his reading went up from a 1.4 grade level in December, to a 4.9 grade level in April! Don't buy too much into ratings, it's all about the teacher, and we are so fortunate! Cheers to our smart boy and our super hero teacher, Mr. Martin.

Posted: April 16, 2014

Terrible school you most not never never bring your kids here Too many bully problems and the staff are Incapable to resolve the problem

Posted: August 24, 2013

Grapevine is one of the older schools in Vista, but it's fairly well-kept. We are the Grapevine Grizzlies, and we promote ROARS values: R for Respectful, O for respOnsible, A for sAfe, R for caRing, and S for Self-disciplined scholars. These values, along with a high regard for academic achievement are the goals of the cohesive staff at Grapevine. We are a group of very dedicated teachers and we have some wonderful parents. We have a high population of language learners, so it may take a little longer for our students to achieve their potentials, but we all work hard for grade-level proficiency. We also qualify for programs that often allow our students extra services. I am excited about a great year to come!

Posted: November 3, 2012

This is by far the worst school I have seen. The way some of the teacher communicate with the kids is very unprofessional. There are significant amount of problems that when brought up to teachers or the principle, nothing is done. There are a large amount of bullies in this school also, and when someone stands up to them they are the ones that get in trouble.

Posted: April 4, 2011

I am a floored by the number of positive reviews this school has received: I am thinking this website may not be an accurate gauge of the quality of the schools it lists. Grapevine is a horrible school. My sons were lucky enough to get one really good teacher there: but even then, the academics and curriculum is a joke. Budget cuts are made in ways to hurt students the most. High performing students are held back from learning for the slowest of the group. The school does not provide a safe environment. Bullies and rude obnoxious students walk all over teachers and students alike. The school DOES provide the academic tools a child needs to perform well at the next level of education.

Posted: November 1, 2010

i love this school every time i come they always greet people all the teachers are nice

Posted: September 29, 2010

i love this school because the teacher is very good

Posted: September 22, 2010

All my grandkids have gone here and over the years everyone has always been so polite and kind to all the parents and family.