Jean Callison Elementary

Set in Vacaville, California, Jean Callison Elementary is a substantial elementary campus, operated by Vacaville Unified. It serves 762 students across grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Jean Callison Elementary sits 64% larger than that benchmark.

Vacaville Unified runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 12,690 students. Jean Callison Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Jean Callison Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% White, 12% multiracial, 11% Asian, 7% Black. By comparison, Solano County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Jean Callison Elementary logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.8:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jean Callison Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.7%; this one delivers 39.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Solano County put median household earnings sit near $100,401, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Jean Callison Elementary is one of 110 public schools in Solano County (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students).

The closest other public school is Vaca Pena Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jean Callison Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jean Callison Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 34.0%.

Jean Callison Elementary operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jean Callison Elementary has grew 9%, going from 700 students in 2018 to 762 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 38% to 29% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 in 2025.

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