Matt Garcia Career and College Academy

Matt Garcia Career and College Academy, a tiny junior high in Fairfield, California, operated by Fairfield-Suisun Unified, serves 201 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 69% leaner than typical.

Fairfield-Suisun Unified comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 20,505 students; Matt Garcia Career and College Academy is among them.

On demographics, Matt Garcia Career and College Academy lists that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 11% Black, 5% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

In terms of school funding signals, Matt Garcia Career and College Academy lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Solano County's rate of about 60%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Matt Garcia Career and College Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.6%; this one delivers 21.3%.

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 the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Solano County runs 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students), of which Matt Garcia Career and College Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Matt Garcia Career and College Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Matt Garcia Career and College Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Matt Garcia Career and College Academy at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 16.3%.

Matt Garcia Career and College Academy operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 6-year window, the student count declined 16%: 239 students in 2018 compared to 201 in 2024. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 57% to 74%.

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