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Dan O. Root Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
850 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
758 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
27:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
67%
Teachers
28 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 45.0%
White 14.4%
Asian 2.6%
Black 16.6%
Other 21.4%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Dan O. Root Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard12.6%
Met Standard19.1%
Below Standard68.3%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "32% proficient" for Dan O. Root Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

12.6% of students exceeded standard while 19.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 8.4 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Fairfield-Suisun Unified district average of 13.3%. Compared to the 8 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 4.9 points higher (vs 7.6% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 9.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 32.7%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
12.6%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
31.7%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+9.2pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
32.7%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
5.6%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
850
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 66 12.1% 22.7% 25.8% 39.4% 34.9%
4th 84 15.5% 16.7% 26.2% 41.7% 32.1%
5th 61 13.1% 29.5% 21.3% 36.1% 42.6%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 67 9.0% 7.5% 35.8% 47.8% 16.4%
4th 84 14.3% 22.6% 28.6% 34.5% 36.9%
5th 63 11.1% 15.9% 28.6% 44.4% 27.0%