Center Elementary

Center Elementary is a moderately sized primary school in Fairfield, California, part of Travis Unified. The school instructs 640 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 38% bigger than typical.

Travis Unified comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,392 students; Center Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Center Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 28% Asian, 16% multiracial, 16% Black, 10% White. Compared to Solano County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Center Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Center Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Solano County's rate of about 60%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Center Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.5%.

In the surrounding community, Solano County reports that median household income runs about $100,401, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Solano County runs 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students), of which Center Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Travis Education Center, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Center Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 37.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 23%: 519 students in 2018 compared to 640 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 19% to 10%.

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