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What's something Nelda Mundy Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
756
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED·NCES 061336007857
Nelda Mundy Elementary
570 Vintage Valley Dr., Fairfield, CA 94534 · (707) 863-7920 · Solano County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL756 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
24.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
189 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 | 155 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (155) is 40% larger than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
77%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
69.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.0pp since 2014
Math
64.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 44.7% | 24.3% | 18.4% | 12.6% |
| Math | 33.8% | 30.2% | 19.6% | 16.5% |
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 | 69.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.2% | 64.8% |
| 2022-23 | 71.8% | 64.3% |
| 2021-22 | 68.0% | 61.7% |
| 2018-19 | 69.7% | 70.0% |
| 2017-18 | 64.2% | 68.8% |
| 2016-17 | 70.8% | 68.9% |
| 2015-16 | 73.0% | 63.0% |
| 2014-15 | 69.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
67.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Nelda Mundy Elementary
Nelda Mundy Elementary's state test result (67.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nelda Mundy Elementary this school | 756 | 25.0% | 67.7% |
| Lilienthal (Claire) Elementary San Francisco | 673 | 23.2% | 82.2% |
| Stevenson Ranch Elementary Stevenson Ranch | 764 | 21.9% | 86.2% |
| Oak Hills Elementary Valencia | 660 | 24.2% | 78.9% |
| Emblem Academy Saugus | 810 | 32.7% | 72.9% |
| Frederiksen Elementary Dublin | 689 | 25.3% | 65.4% |
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 Nelda Mundy Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Solano County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #757 of 5,151 | #2 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #880 of 5,172 ▼ 57 | #3 of 55 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #793 of 5,172 ▼ 189 | #2 of 55 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #2,789 of 5,116 | #21 of 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 756 | #508 of 5,915 | #6 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #4,028 of 5,352 | #32 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.9% | #37 of 5,354 | #4 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.0% | #4,968 of 5,625 | #56 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #3,196 of 3,837 | #30 of 34 |
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
756
+31 (+4%) vs 2020
+40% since 2000-01, when it was 541
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 24.2:1
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 | 756 | 31 | 24.4:1 | 25% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 775 | 30.1 | 25.8:1 | 22% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 787 | 30 | 26.2:1 | 19% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 725 | 30 | 24.2:1 | 18% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 804 | 32 | 25.1:1 | 22% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 745 | 30 | 24.8:1 | 17% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 795 | N/A | N/A | 13% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 541 | 27 | 20.0:1 | 18% (97) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nelda Mundy Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (804 to 756); teachers down 3% (32 to 31).
About Nelda Mundy Elementary
Nelda Mundy Elementary is a large elementary school. Its address is in Fairfield, California. The latest federal count shows 756 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 63% higher.
Fairfield-Suisun Unified is the local district for Nelda Mundy Elementary. It runs 31 schools with 20,505 students.
Asian students form the largest group at Nelda Mundy Elementary, 31% of enrollment. Next come 24% Hispanic, 22% White, 16% multiracial, and 7% Black. That compares with about 16% Asian among all Solano County residents. By the diversity index, Nelda Mundy Elementary comes in at 77%.
At Nelda Mundy Elementary, 31 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 24.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Roughly 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The 60% average for public schools in Solano County is 35 points higher.
allk12 grades Nelda Mundy Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Nelda Mundy Elementary is 2.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 67.7%. Predicted: 64.9%.
In Solano County (population about 451,918), median household income is about $100,401, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Nelda Mundy Elementary is one of 110 public schools in Solano County, which together enroll about 60,765 students.
The next-closest public school is Angelo Rodriguez High, about 1.3 miles away. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. Nelda Mundy Elementary's average proficiency of 67.7% compares with 43.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment was 725 in 2020-21 and 756 in 2024-25, a rise of 31 students.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. 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
- Angelo Rodriguez High1.3 mi · 2,111
- Oakbrook Academy of the Arts1.8 mi · 573
- Green Valley Middle3.0 mi · 903
- Cordelia Hills Elementary3.4 mi · 754
- E. Ruth Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning4.8 mi · 492
- Solano Co Juve Detention Facility - Evergreen Acad5.0 mi · 16
Frequently asked questions
About Nelda Mundy ElementaryHow large is Nelda Mundy Elementary?
Nelda Mundy Elementary enrolls approximately 756 students in grades KG-05.
Is Nelda Mundy Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nelda Mundy Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Nelda Mundy Elementary?
Approximately 24.4:1 students per teacher at Nelda Mundy Elementary.
How diverse is Nelda Mundy Elementary?
Nelda Mundy Elementary reports a student body of 22% White, 24% Hispanic, 7% Black, 31% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Nelda Mundy Elementary in?
Nelda Mundy Elementary is part of Fairfield-Suisun Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.