Eugene Padan Elementary

As a sprawling primary school in Vacaville, California, Eugene Padan Elementary teaches 751 students from grades K through 6, run under Vacaville Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Eugene Padan Elementary sits 62% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 17 schools in Vacaville Unified (12,690 students total), Eugene Padan Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Eugene Padan Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 21% White, 12% multiracial, 9% Black, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 72% of students at Eugene Padan Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Solano County (around 60%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Eugene Padan Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 36.7%; Eugene Padan Elementary posts 20.1%, -16.7 points below that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Solano County) records that the typical household earns roughly $100,401 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Eugene Padan Elementary is one of 110 public schools in Solano County (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students).

Nearest neighbor: Will C. Wood High, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Eugene Padan Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 35.8%.

Eugene Padan Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 21%: 622 students in 2018 compared to 751 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 55% to 51% across the same window.

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