Laurel Creek Elementary

Laurel Creek Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Fairfield, California, one of the schools within Fairfield-Suisun Unified. The school teaches 648 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 39% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Fairfield-Suisun Unified comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 20,505 students; Laurel Creek Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Laurel Creek Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 21% Asian, 17% Black, 15% multiracial, 9% White.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Laurel Creek Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Laurel Creek Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.8%, the actual is 31.4%, a residual of -9.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Solano County indicate median household income runs about $100,401, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Solano County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students), Laurel Creek Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Solano County Community is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Laurel Creek Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Laurel Creek Elementary at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 19.3%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 13%: 745 students in 2018 compared to 648 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share expanded from 13% to 21%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.