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Enrollment
364
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 064074006718
Annie Pennycook Elementary
3620 Fernwood Dr., Vallejo, CA 94591 · (707) 556-8590 · Solano County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
289 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 86 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
22.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.4pp since 2014
Math
14.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.1% | 10.5% | 21.1% | 56.3% |
| Math | 4.7% | 9.5% | 27.4% | 58.4% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.6% | 14.2% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 11.1% |
| 2022-23 | 23.2% | 12.9% |
| 2021-22 | 30.1% | 20.2% |
| 2018-19 | 32.7% | 22.7% |
| 2017-18 | 39.7% | 25.4% |
| 2016-17 | 38.2% | 27.4% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 14.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Annie Pennycook Elementary
Annie Pennycook Elementary's state test result (17.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annie Pennycook Elementary this school | 364 | 79.4% | 17.9% |
| Vallejo Charter Vallejo | 350 | 72.3% | 17.6% |
| Johnston Cooper Elementary Vallejo | 335 | 80.6% | 18.0% |
| John Cabrillo Elementary Sacramento | 382 | 75.7% | 29.9% |
| Barton Elementary Long Beach | 418 | 79.7% | 28.4% |
| Woodbine Elementary Sacramento | 289 | 84.8% | 9.5% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Annie Pennycook Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Solano County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #4,750 of 5,151 | #44 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #4,818 of 5,172 ▲ 157 | #45 of 55 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #4,681 of 5,172 ▼ 273 | #44 of 55 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.7pp | #336 of 5,116 | #6 of 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 364 | #4,144 of 5,915 | #52 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,576 of 5,352 | #6 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #685 of 5,354 | #23 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.4% | #2,240 of 5,625 | #15 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.3% | #465 of 3,837 | #5 of 34 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
364
-131 (-26%) vs 2020
-70% since 1990-91, when it was 1,213
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 26.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 364 | 17.2 | 21.1:1 | 79% (289) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 16.3 | 23.3:1 | 80% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 14.1 | 32.0:1 | 75% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 495 | 19 | 26.1:1 | 66% (329) |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 20.4 | 26.0:1 | 71% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 600 | 23 | 26.1:1 | 65% (389) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | N/A | N/A | 49% (272) |
| 2000-01 | 718 | 35 | 20.5:1 | 31% (224) |
| 1990-91 | 1,213 | 45 | 27.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Annie Pennycook Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (530 to 364); teachers down 15% (20.4 to 17.2).
About Annie Pennycook Elementary
Federal records list Annie Pennycook Elementary as an elementary school in Vallejo, California. The school's 364 students are in kindergarten through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Vallejo City Unified counts 20 schools and 9,638 students, including Annie Pennycook Elementary.
Annie Pennycook Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 48%. Other students are 21% Black, 14% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 6% White. By comparison, Solano County residents are about 30% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Annie Pennycook Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
The school has about 21.1 students per teacher and 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Solano County averages 60%, lower than here.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Annie Pennycook Elementary is -15.1 points, in the bottom 10% of California. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 17.9%, and the predicted rate is 33.0%.
Census estimates describe Solano County this way: median household income is about $100,401, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 110 public schools in Solano County, with a combined enrollment of about 60,765.
Nearest public school: Hogan Middle, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Annie Pennycook Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Annie Pennycook Elementary ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 17.9% versus a 25.8% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
The number of students declined from 495 to 364 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 21.1:1, from 26.1:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Annie Pennycook Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Solano County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
451,918
Census ACS
Median income
$100,401
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
60,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vallejo City Unified
- Jesse M. Bethel HighHigh · 1,418 students
- Vallejo HighHigh · 1,146 students
- Hogan MiddleMiddle · 785 students
- Joseph H. Wardlaw ElementaryElementary · 676 students
- Solano Widenmann Leadership AcademyElementary · 615 students
- Highland ElementaryElementary · 510 students
Other schools in Vallejo
- Jesse M. Bethel HighHigh · 1,418 students
- Vallejo HighHigh · 1,146 students
- Caliber: ChangeMakers AcademyElementary · 975 students
- Hogan MiddleMiddle · 785 students
- Joseph H. Wardlaw ElementaryElementary · 676 students
- Solano Widenmann Leadership AcademyElementary · 615 students
Nearby schools
- Hogan Middle0.3 mi · 785
- Vallejo Charter0.7 mi · 350
- Steffan Manor Elementary0.7 mi · 433
- Cave Language Academy0.9 mi · 505
- Joseph H. Wardlaw Elementary1.4 mi · 676
- Jesse M. Bethel High1.6 mi · 1,418
Frequently asked questions
About Annie Pennycook ElementaryHow many students attend Annie Pennycook Elementary?
Annie Pennycook Elementary enrolls approximately 364 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Annie Pennycook Elementary serve?
Annie Pennycook Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Annie Pennycook Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Annie Pennycook Elementary is approximately 21.1:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Annie Pennycook Elementary?
Student demographics at Annie Pennycook Elementary are roughly 6% White, 48% Hispanic, 21% Black, 14% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Annie Pennycook Elementary in?
Annie Pennycook Elementary is part of Vallejo City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.