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Enrollment
426
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED·NCES 061336009814
Dan O. Root Elementary
820 Harrier Dr., Suisun City, CA 94585 · (707) 421-4240 · Solano County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL426 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of California public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- B-Three-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
25.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
324 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 | 92 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
71%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
36.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.0pp since 2014
Math
27.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.7% | 22.3% | 24.6% | 39.3% |
| Math | 11.7% | 15.9% | 30.8% | 41.6% |
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 | 36.0% | 27.6% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 20.6% |
| 2022-23 | 32.1% | 20.9% |
| 2021-22 | 36.8% | 23.6% |
| 2018-19 | 38.3% | 32.3% |
| 2017-18 | 45.7% | 34.4% |
| 2016-17 | 40.2% | 39.1% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Dan O. Root Elementary
Dan O. Root Elementary's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan O. Root Elementary this school | 426 | 76.1% | 28.4% |
| Sutter Elementary Antioch | 450 | 75.8% | 23.9% |
| John Cabrillo Elementary Sacramento | 382 | 75.7% | 29.9% |
| Suisun Elementary Suisun City | 512 | 74.8% | 18.6% |
| Pendleton Elementary San Diego | 352 | 77.3% | 33.7% |
| Highlands Elementary Pittsburg | 480 | 76.0% | 19.7% |
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 Dan O. Root Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Solano County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #3,704 of 5,151 | #31 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #3,464 of 5,172 ▲ 644 | #30 of 55 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,331 of 5,172 ▲ 236 | #28 of 55 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #2,790 of 5,116 | #22 of 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 426 | #3,328 of 5,915 | #47 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.8:1 | #4,789 of 5,352 | #45 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #462 of 5,354 | #21 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.1% | #2,544 of 5,625 | #21 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.9% | #172 of 3,837 | #3 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
426
-311 (-42%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 1,056
Student : Teacher
25.8:1
was 27.3:1
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 | 426 | 16.5 | 25.8:1 | 76% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 758 | 28.5 | 26.6:1 | 67% (510) |
| 2022-23 | 724 | 27 | 26.8:1 | 51% (366) |
| 2020-21 | 737 | 27 | 27.3:1 | 57% (421) |
| 2017-18 | 697 | 29 | 24.0:1 | 60% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 628 | 25 | 25.1:1 | 60% (379) |
| 2010-11 | 622 | N/A | N/A | 45% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 1,013 | 49 | 20.7:1 | 21% (208) |
| 1990-91 | 1,056 | 39 | 27.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dan O. Root Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (697 to 426); teachers down 43% (29 to 16.5).
About Dan O. Root Elementary
Dan O. Root Elementary is an elementary school located in Suisun City, California, in Solano County. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 426 students.
Within Fairfield-Suisun Unified, Dan O. Root Elementary is one of 31 schools. The district enrolls 20,505 students.
Hispanic students make up 47% of enrollment at Dan O. Root Elementary, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Black, 14% multiracial, 12% White, and 11% Asian. In Solano County overall, about 30% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 25.8 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is lower. Dan O. Root Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 76%. Among public schools in Solano County, the average eligibility rate is 60%.
On the allk12 Grade, Dan O. Root Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 23% of California public elementary schools.
Dan O. Root Elementary is 6.5 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (28.4% versus 35.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Solano County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $100,401, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 110 public schools in the county, enrolling about 60,765, Dan O. Root Elementary among them.
About 0.8 miles separate Dan O. Root Elementary from the closest public school, Tolenas Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Dan O. Root Elementary ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal records list enrollment at Dan O. Root Elementary as 737 in 2020-21 and 426 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. Students per teacher dropped from 27.3 in 2020-21 to 25.8 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Dan O. Root Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Suisun City
- Crystal MiddleMiddle · 774 students
- Suisun ElementaryElementary · 512 students
Nearby schools
- Tolenas Elementary0.8 mi · 316
- Suisun Elementary0.9 mi · 512
- Crescent Elementary1.2 mi · 528
- Grange Middle1.4 mi · 944
- H. Glenn Richardson1.6 mi · 25
- Solano County Special Education1.7 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About Dan O. Root ElementaryHow large is Dan O. Root Elementary?
Dan O. Root Elementary enrolls approximately 426 students in grades KG-05.
Is Dan O. Root Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dan O. Root Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dan O. Root Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dan O. Root Elementary is approximately 25.8:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dan O. Root Elementary?
At Dan O. Root Elementary, the student body is approximately 12% White, 47% Hispanic, 15% Black, 11% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Dan O. Root Elementary public or private?
Dan O. Root 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.