Dan O. Root Elementary

As an average-sized elementary-level community in Suisun City, California, Dan O. Root Elementary enrolls 426 students from grades K through 5, part of Fairfield-Suisun Unified.

Dan O. Root Elementary is one of 31 schools operated by Fairfield-Suisun Unified, a district that instructs 20,505 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Dan O. Root Elementary shows that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Black, 14% multiracial, 12% White, 11% Asian. By comparison, Solano County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Solano County's rate of about 60%.

With demographic context factored in, Dan O. Root Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.2%; this one delivers 26.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Solano County) logs that median household earnings sit near $100,401, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Solano County runs 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students), of which Dan O. Root Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Tolenas Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dan O. Root Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dan O. Root Elementary at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 17.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dan O. Root Elementary has fell 39%, going from 697 students in 2018 to 426 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 21% to 12% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 25.8:1 in 2025.

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