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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Hemlock Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 667 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VACAVILLE UNIFIED·NCES 064059006702
Hemlock Elementary
400 Hemlock St., Vacaville, CA 95688 · (707) 453-6245 · Solano County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
241 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 85 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 47% larger than its 6th grade class (58).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
42.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.9pp since 2014
Math
32.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.5% | 24.4% | 24.9% | 32.2% |
| Math | 11.1% | 21.1% | 23.1% | 44.7% |
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 | 42.9% | 32.2% |
| 2023-24 | 45.3% | 26.8% |
| 2022-23 | 44.6% | 33.8% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 24.9% |
| 2018-19 | 54.5% | 34.1% |
| 2017-18 | 46.3% | 36.4% |
| 2016-17 | 34.0% | 27.9% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Hemlock Elementary
Hemlock Elementary's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemlock Elementary this school | 413 | 58.4% | 36.6% |
| Lemon Crest Elementary Lakeside | 437 | 59.0% | 25.4% |
| Mark West Elementary Santa Rosa | 425 | 56.0% | 48.7% |
| A. M. Winn Waldorf-Inspired Sacramento | 405 | 58.0% | 21.2% |
| Washington Elementary Eureka | 426 | 61.5% | 34.5% |
| Hawthorne Elementary San Luis Obispo | 437 | 53.5% | 56.8% |
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 Hemlock Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Solano County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #2,809 of 5,151 | #22 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #2,995 of 5,172 ▲ 417 | #23 of 55 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #2,652 of 5,172 ▼ 394 | #19 of 55 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #1,643 of 5,116 | #8 of 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #3,525 of 5,915 | #50 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,908 of 5,352 | #10 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #1,189 of 5,354 | #35 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #3,553 of 5,625 | #36 of 58 |
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
413
+43 (+12%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 554
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 413 | 19.1 | 21.6:1 | 58% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 20 | 20.6:1 | 53% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 22.1 | 19.9:1 | 50% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 16 | 23.1:1 | 44% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 413 | 18.6 | 22.2:1 | 51% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 14 | 21.1:1 | 61% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 327 | N/A | N/A | 66% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 381 | 22 | 17.3:1 | 37% (142) |
| 1990-91 | 554 | 27 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hemlock Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (413 to 413); teachers up 3% (18.6 to 19.1).
About Hemlock Elementary
Hemlock Elementary is a public medium-sized elementary school in Vacaville, California. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend, and enrollment is 413 students.
Vacaville Unified is the local district for Hemlock Elementary. It runs 17 schools with 12,690 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Hemlock Elementary is White (46%). Smaller groups are 34% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 3% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Hemlock Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
Teachers at the school number 19.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.6:1. Elementary schools in California have a similar average ratio of 22.3:1. Roughly 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Solano County, the average is about the same, 60%.
Hemlock Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 36.6% and a predicted 45.4%.
Across Solano County, median household income is about $100,401, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The public schools of Solano County number 110 and enroll about 60,765.
Willis Jepson Middle is the public school closest to Hemlock Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Hemlock Elementary is 5th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Hemlock Elementary saw enrollment rise 12% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 23.1 to 21.6 over 4 years.
The Hemlock Elementary community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Vacaville Unified
- Vacaville HighHigh · 2,044 students
- Will C. Wood HighHigh · 1,671 students
- Willis Jepson MiddleMiddle · 954 students
- Edwin Markham ElementaryElementary · 882 students
- Browns Valley ElementaryElementary · 806 students
- Jean Callison ElementaryElementary · 762 students
Other schools in Vacaville
- Vacaville HighHigh · 2,044 students
- Will C. Wood HighHigh · 1,671 students
- Willis Jepson MiddleMiddle · 954 students
- Edwin Markham ElementaryElementary · 882 students
- Browns Valley ElementaryElementary · 806 students
- Kairos PublicCombined · 786 students
Other Hemlock Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Hemlock Elementary. Hemlock Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Hemlock ElementaryFontana, CA · 426 students
- HEMLOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBAY SHORE, NY · 609 students
- Hemlock Elementary SchoolHEMLOCK, MI · 129 students
Nearby schools
- Willis Jepson Middle0.3 mi · 954
- Vacaville High0.5 mi · 2,044
- Orchard Elementary0.9 mi · 437
- Alamo Elementary0.9 mi · 714
- Kairos Public1.1 mi · 786
- Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy1.1 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About Hemlock ElementaryHow many students attend Hemlock Elementary?
Hemlock Elementary enrolls approximately 413 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Hemlock Elementary serve?
Hemlock Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Hemlock Elementary have?
Hemlock Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Hemlock Elementary?
Student demographics at Hemlock Elementary are roughly 46% White, 34% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Hemlock Elementary public or private?
Hemlock Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Vacaville Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.