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What's one thing Cordelia Hills Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
754
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED·NCES 061336011938
Cordelia Hills Elementary
4770 Canyon Hills Dr., Fairfield, CA 94534 · (707) 864-1905 · Solano County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL754 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
26.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
253 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 158 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (158) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
58.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.8pp since 2014
Math
52.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.3% | 30.5% | 18.4% | 22.8% |
| Math | 26.4% | 26.4% | 23.4% | 23.9% |
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 | 58.8% | 52.8% |
| 2023-24 | 56.3% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.4% | 55.9% |
| 2021-22 | 54.4% | 49.8% |
| 2018-19 | 67.0% | 66.6% |
| 2017-18 | 61.6% | 51.9% |
| 2016-17 | 55.1% | 48.2% |
| 2015-16 | 56.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Cordelia Hills Elementary
Cordelia Hills Elementary's state test result (55.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordelia Hills Elementary this school | 754 | 33.6% | 55.6% |
| Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary Alta Loma | 878 | 32.6% | 74.1% |
| Stone Lake Elementary Elk Grove | 690 | 38.3% | 67.0% |
| Joseph Arnold Elementary Torrance | 628 | 29.8% | 67.6% |
| Victor Elementary Torrance | 965 | 34.4% | 63.9% |
| Grapeland Elementary Etiwanda | 620 | 28.9% | 70.9% |
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 Cordelia Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Solano County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #1,370 of 5,151 | #7 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #1,421 of 5,172 ▼ 186 | #5 of 55 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #1,417 of 5,172 ▲ 53 | #8 of 55 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.7pp | #2,057 of 5,116 | #11 of 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 754 | #520 of 5,915 | #7 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.0:1 | #4,853 of 5,352 | #47 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.6% | #154 of 5,354 | #10 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.6% | #4,622 of 5,625 | #52 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.3% | #353 of 1,139 | #8 of 21 |
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
754
+88 (+13%) vs 2020
+14% since 2010-11, when it was 664
Student : Teacher
26.0:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 754 | 29 | 26.0:1 | 34% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 756 | 28.5 | 26.5:1 | 33% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 743 | 29 | 25.6:1 | 24% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 666 | 30 | 22.2:1 | 27% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 654 | 26 | 25.1:1 | 25% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 592 | 21 | 28.2:1 | 27% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 664 | N/A | N/A | 22% (145) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cordelia Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (654 to 754); teachers up 12% (26 to 29).
About Cordelia Hills Elementary
The public elementary school Cordelia Hills Elementary is located in Fairfield, California. The school has 754 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 62% bigger than average.
The 31 schools in Fairfield-Suisun Unified enroll 20,505 students altogether, Cordelia Hills Elementary among them.
Asian students account for 37% of enrollment at Cordelia Hills Elementary, more than any other group. The remaining students are 26% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 14% White, and 6% Black. Among people living in Solano County, the Asian share is about 16%. The diversity index for Cordelia Hills Elementary is 75%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 29 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 26.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Cordelia Hills Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 34%. It compares with 60% for public schools in Solano County.
Cordelia Hills Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of California public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Cordelia Hills Elementary would score about 59.9%. It scores 55.6%, 4.3 points below that figure.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Solano County show that the median household earns about $100,401 a year, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Solano County has 110 public schools with about 60,765 students, including Cordelia Hills Elementary.
Among nearby public schools, Green Valley Middle is closest at about 0.4 miles. Cordelia Hills Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Cordelia Hills Elementary comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Cordelia Hills Elementary in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A 13% gain took enrollment from 666 in 2020-21 to 754 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 22.2:1 to 26.0:1.
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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 Fairfield-Suisun Unified
- Angelo Rodriguez HighHigh · 2,111 students
- Armijo HighHigh · 1,844 students
- Fairfield HighHigh · 1,605 students
- Grange MiddleMiddle · 944 students
- Green Valley MiddleMiddle · 903 students
- Crystal MiddleMiddle · 774 students
Other schools in Fairfield
- Angelo Rodriguez HighHigh · 2,111 students
- Armijo HighHigh · 1,844 students
- Vanden HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Fairfield HighHigh · 1,605 students
- Grange MiddleMiddle · 944 students
- Green Valley MiddleMiddle · 903 students
Nearby schools
- Green Valley Middle0.4 mi · 903
- Oakbrook Academy of the Arts1.6 mi · 573
- Angelo Rodriguez High2.2 mi · 2,111
- Nelda Mundy Elementary3.4 mi · 756
- Jesse M. Bethel High5.2 mi · 1,418
- Joseph H. Wardlaw Elementary5.5 mi · 676
Frequently asked questions
About Cordelia Hills ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cordelia Hills Elementary?
Cordelia Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 754 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cordelia Hills Elementary serve?
Cordelia Hills Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Cordelia Hills Elementary have?
Cordelia Hills Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cordelia Hills Elementary?
At Cordelia Hills Elementary, the student body is approximately 14% White, 26% Hispanic, 6% Black, 37% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Cordelia Hills Elementary public or private?
Cordelia Hills Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairfield-Suisun Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.