Grace Patterson Elementary

Grace Patterson Elementary is a cozy elementary campus in Vallejo, California, part of Vallejo City Unified. The school serves 353 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Grace Patterson Elementary sits 24% below that benchmark.

Vallejo City Unified runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 9,638 students. Grace Patterson Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Grace Patterson Elementary lists that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 32% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Solano County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Grace Patterson Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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, Grace Patterson Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Solano County) reports that median household earnings sit near $100,401, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Solano County runs 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students), of which Grace Patterson Elementary is one.

Steffan Manor Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grace Patterson Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grace Patterson Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 30.3%.

Grace Patterson Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Grace Patterson Elementary has shrank 17%, going from 424 students in 2018 to 353 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 47% to 57%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 28.6:1 in 2018 to 23.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.