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Best kept secret at Jean Callison Elementary?
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Enrollment
762
Elementary
DISTRICT 667 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VACAVILLE UNIFIED·NCES 064059010123
Jean Callison Elementary
6261 Vanden Rd., Vacaville, CA 95687 · (707) 453-6250 · Solano County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL762 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
23.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
419 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 | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 132 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 99 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (99).
Student demographics
73%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
42.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.7pp since 2014
Math
30.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.3pp 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 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.6% | 25.1% | 23.1% | 34.2% |
| Math | 11.5% | 19.3% | 27.8% | 41.5% |
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 | 42.7% | 30.8% |
| 2023-24 | 48.6% | 29.9% |
| 2022-23 | 46.6% | 29.1% |
| 2021-22 | 46.4% | 30.0% |
| 2018-19 | 45.4% | 32.1% |
| 2017-18 | 47.7% | 34.0% |
| 2016-17 | 47.8% | 33.0% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Jean Callison Elementary
Jean Callison Elementary's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Callison Elementary this school | 762 | 55.0% | 37.8% |
| Southport Elementary West Sacramento | 785 | 50.4% | 38.9% |
| Monte Vista Elementary Murrieta | 769 | 59.4% | 50.4% |
| Cooper Elementary Vacaville | 710 | 52.1% | 47.4% |
| Taawila Elementary Menifee | 803 | 49.8% | 57.1% |
| Tovashal Elementary Murrieta | 745 | 54.6% | 63.7% |
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 Jean Callison Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Solano County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #2,684 of 5,151 | #21 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #3,150 of 5,172 ▼ 64 | #26 of 55 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #2,677 of 5,172 ▼ 669 | #20 of 55 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #1,367 of 5,116 | #23 of 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 762 | #491 of 5,915 | #4 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #3,594 of 5,352 | #24 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #342 of 5,354 | #16 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.0% | #3,690 of 5,625 | #39 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.9% | #555 of 1,139 | #10 of 21 |
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
762
+36 (+5%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 670
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 25.0:1
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 | 762 | 32 | 23.8:1 | 55% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 728 | 29 | 25.1:1 | 53% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 680 | 27.1 | 25.1:1 | 39% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 726 | 29 | 25.0:1 | 35% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 700 | 28 | 25.0:1 | 43% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 882 | 32 | 27.6:1 | 42% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 792 | N/A | N/A | 33% (259) |
| 2000-01 | 769 | 38 | 20.2:1 | 14% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 670 | 28 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jean Callison Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (700 to 762); teachers up 14% (28 to 32).
About Jean Callison Elementary
Jean Callison Elementary serves students in Vacaville, California, as a high-enrollment elementary school. Total enrollment is 762 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 6. That is 64% larger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Vacaville Unified has 12,690 students in 17 schools, and Jean Callison Elementary is one of those schools.
Hispanic students account for 40% of enrollment at Jean Callison Elementary, more than any other group. Other groups make up 29% White, 12% multiracial, 11% Asian, and 7% Black. County-wide, 30% of Solano County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 73%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 23.8:1. The school has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 23.8:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Federal data show 55% of students (419) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among California public elementary schools, Jean Callison Elementary outscored 27%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Jean Callison Elementary's results are 9.5 points below predicted: 37.8% against 47.3%.
Solano County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $100,401 a year, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Solano County number 110, with about 60,765 students.
Vaca Pena Middle, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Jean Callison Elementary is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Jean Callison Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Mid-size.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 5%. By 2024-25, the school had 23.8 students per teacher, compared with 25.0 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Jean Callison Elementary is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Eugene Padan ElementaryElementary · 751 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
Nearby schools
- Vaca Pena Middle0.6 mi · 675
- Sierra Vista K-80.8 mi · 611
- Cambridge Elementary0.8 mi · 738
- Cooper Elementary1.0 mi · 710
- Fairmont Charter Elementary1.3 mi · 586
- Foxboro Elementary1.7 mi · 717
Frequently asked questions
About Jean Callison ElementaryHow many students attend Jean Callison Elementary?
Jean Callison Elementary enrolls approximately 762 students in grades KG-06.
Is Jean Callison Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jean Callison Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jean Callison Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jean Callison Elementary is approximately 23.8:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jean Callison Elementary?
At Jean Callison Elementary, the student body is approximately 29% White, 40% Hispanic, 7% Black, 11% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Jean Callison Elementary public or private?
Jean Callison 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.