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What's one thing K. I. Jones Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
760
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED·NCES 061336001523
K. I. Jones Elementary
2001 Winston Dr., Fairfield, CA 94534 · (707) 421-4195 · Solano County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL760 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
26.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
359 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 103 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 155 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 152 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (152).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
60.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.2pp since 2014
Math
52.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 32.7% | 27.5% | 18.3% | 21.5% |
| Math | 26.3% | 26.0% | 21.9% | 25.8% |
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 | 60.2% | 52.3% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 57.9% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 55.7% |
| 2021-22 | 62.4% | 53.4% |
| 2018-19 | 64.1% | 63.1% |
| 2017-18 | 62.0% | 62.2% |
| 2016-17 | 65.5% | 62.4% |
| 2015-16 | 72.0% | 63.0% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 K. I. Jones Elementary
K. I. Jones Elementary's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| K. I. Jones Elementary this school | 760 | 47.2% | 58.3% |
| Cambridge Elementary Vacaville | 738 | 46.1% | 42.9% |
| Brookside Stockton | 768 | 47.7% | 61.9% |
| Lake Mathews Elementary Riverside | 733 | 45.0% | 57.3% |
| Tom Hawkins Elementary Tracy | 728 | 48.8% | 45.5% |
| Brentwood Elementary Brentwood | 811 | 45.6% | 48.1% |
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 K. I. Jones Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Solano County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #1,209 of 5,151 | #4 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #1,445 of 5,172 ▼ 342 | #6 of 55 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #1,308 of 5,172 ▼ 224 | #5 of 55 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #1,300 of 5,116 | #21 of 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 760 | #495 of 5,915 | #5 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.2:1 | #4,921 of 5,352 | #49 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.2% | #55 of 5,354 | #6 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #4,037 of 5,625 | #46 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #1,040 of 1,139 | #21 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
760
+37 (+5%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 820
Student : Teacher
26.2:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 760 | 29 | 26.2:1 | 47% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 757 | 32 | 23.7:1 | 43% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 713 | 30 | 23.8:1 | 38% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 723 | 30 | 24.1:1 | 39% (282) |
| 2017-18 | 751 | 25.5 | 29.4:1 | 37% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 747 | 27 | 27.7:1 | 33% (246) |
| 2010-11 | 800 | N/A | N/A | 30% (241) |
| 2000-01 | 603 | 30 | 20.1:1 | 18% (107) |
| 1990-91 | 820 | 35 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for K. I. Jones Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (751 to 760); teachers up 14% (25.5 to 29).
About K. I. Jones Elementary
K. I. Jones Elementary is an elementary school in Fairfield, California, and it is part of Fairfield-Suisun Unified. The school counts 760 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
K. I. Jones Elementary is part of Fairfield-Suisun Unified, where 31 schools serve 20,505 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at K. I. Jones Elementary. The largest is Hispanic students, at 36%. The remaining shares are 21% White, 18% Asian, 16% multiracial, and 8% Black. K. I. Jones Elementary's diversity index is 76%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 29 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at K. I. Jones Elementary was 26.2:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 26.2:1 here. K. I. Jones Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 47%. Public schools in Solano County average 60%.
allk12 grades K. I. Jones Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 51.9%.
Census estimates describe Solano County this way: the median household income is $100,401, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Solano County has 110 public schools and roughly 60,765 students.
The nearest public school is Weir Preparatory Academy, at about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, K. I. Jones Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, K. I. Jones Elementary is Suburb: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, K. I. Jones Elementary's enrollment grew 5%, to 760. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 24.1:1 to 26.2:1.
The K. I. Jones Elementary community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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 Fairfield-Suisun Unified
- Angelo Rodriguez HighHigh · 2,111 students
- Armijo HighHigh · 1,844 students
- Fairfield HighHigh · 1,605 students
- Grange MiddleMiddle · 944 students
- Green Valley MiddleMiddle · 903 students
- Crystal MiddleMiddle · 774 students
Other schools in Fairfield
- Angelo Rodriguez HighHigh · 2,111 students
- Armijo HighHigh · 1,844 students
- Vanden HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Fairfield HighHigh · 1,605 students
- Grange MiddleMiddle · 944 students
- Green Valley MiddleMiddle · 903 students
Nearby schools
- Weir Preparatory Academy0.5 mi · 699
- Sullivan Language Immersion Academy1.0 mi · 455
- Solano Co Juve Detention Facility - Evergreen Acad1.1 mi · 16
- B. Gale Wilson Middle1.2 mi · 602
- Matt Garcia Career and College Academy1.2 mi · 201
- Matt Garcia Career and College Academy1.2 mi · 204
Frequently asked questions
About K. I. Jones ElementaryHow many students attend K. I. Jones Elementary?
K. I. Jones Elementary enrolls approximately 760 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does K. I. Jones Elementary serve?
K. I. Jones Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does K. I. Jones Elementary have?
K. I. Jones Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.2:1.
How diverse is K. I. Jones Elementary?
K. I. Jones Elementary reports a student body of 21% White, 36% Hispanic, 8% Black, 18% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees K. I. Jones Elementary?
K. I. Jones Elementary is overseen by Fairfield-Suisun Unified in Solano County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.