E. Ruth Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning

E. Ruth Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in Fairfield, California, one of the schools within Fairfield-Suisun Unified. Current enrollment sits at 492 students spanning grades K through 8.

Fairfield-Suisun Unified runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 20,505 students. E. Ruth Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, E. Ruth Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning shows that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 8% Black, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, E. Ruth Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting E. Ruth Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning higher than the state norm the norm. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Solano County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, E. Ruth Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.0%; this one delivers 14.7%.

In the area at large, 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 the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Solano County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students), E. Ruth Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning is one campus in the mix.

Solano Co Juve Detention Facility - Evergreen Acad is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts E. Ruth Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 27.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 22%: 628 students in 2018 compared to 492 in 2025.

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