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Weir Preparatory Academy
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Weir Preparatory Academy
Weir Preparatory Academy, a big elementary-level community in Fairfield, California, operated by Fairfield-Suisun Unified, caters to 699 students, covering grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Weir Preparatory Academy sits 50% bigger than that benchmark.
Within Fairfield-Suisun Unified, which oversees 31 schools and 20,505 students, Weir Preparatory Academy is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Weir Preparatory Academy reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%; the rest reads as 17% Black, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial, 4% White. By comparison, Solano County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 27.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Weir Preparatory Academy higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 91% of students at Weir Preparatory Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Solano County (around 60%), the school's rate is north of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Weir Preparatory Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.3%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Solano County) shows that median household income runs about $100,401, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Solano County runs 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students), of which Weir Preparatory Academy is one.
The closest other public school is Sullivan Language Immersion Academy, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Weir Preparatory Academy. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Weir Preparatory Academy ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.8%.
Weir Preparatory Academy operates from a residential location.
Over the past 7-year window. Weir Preparatory Academy's enrollment has contracted 12% since 2018, when it stood at 790 (now 699). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 27.8:1 today.
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