K. I. Jones Elementary: 56% of kids clear the bar — ahead of the state's 43%. But suspensions run 2× the state rate.
K. I. Jones posts 56% meeting the standard, against 43% across the state. The number below is the one to ask about on a visit.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53 | 29% | 56% | +11.2 | 19.6% | 3.5% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
K. I. Jones Elementary scores 53 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 72nd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🚀 Growth Engine — Ask how the school tracks each kid's growth year to year, and what happens when a kid stalls instead of gaining.
Most rating sites would stop at “56% proficient” and call it done. K. I. Jones deserves a closer read. The school sits in Fairfield, where two in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
K. I. Jones's low-income kids hit 50.0% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Has held the 72nd-percentile line every tested year since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 56% meet the standard today, versus 64% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 65% | 60% | 56% | 61% | 52% |
| Grade 4 | 66% | 67% | 58% | 57% | 59% |
| Grade 5 | 62% | 61% | 68% | 71% | 70% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 71% | 56% | 53% | 64% | 48% |
| Grade 4 | 68% | 59% | 60% | 52% | 56% |
| Grade 5 | 53% | 45% | 53% | 58% | 52% |
The story this school is actually telling
of students met or exceeded the standard, versus 42.7% statewide.
of students were suspended, versus 1.6% statewide — a school visit will tell you more than this number.
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding holds steady across grades; the floor rises 17.8pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
K. I. Jones's most underrated number
50.0% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask about the discipline philosophy and what a typical suspension is for. Numbers can't tell you whether a campus feels strict or chaotic — a visit can.
- Ask what typically leads to a suspension, and what happens before it gets there.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At K. I. Jones Elementary in Fairfield, 50.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 30.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. K. I. Jones Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 19.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (39.7% Math proficient); Hispanic students (55.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 37.0 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 204 students tested.
5 of 16 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 19.2pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +7.1pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 760 students, this school is well above the typical California elementary school (≈480).
On the state's science test (CAST), 52% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 34
Nearby Middle Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 27
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 139 | 34% | 18% | 21% | 27% | 52% | +8 |
| Grade 4 | 150 | 31% | 27% | 19% | 22% | 59% | +14 |
| Grade 5 | 148 | 33% | 36% | 15% | 16% | 70% | +22 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 138 | 20% | 28% | 21% | 31% | 48% | +2 |
| Grade 4 | 151 | 27% | 29% | 24% | 20% | 56% | +15 |
| Grade 5 | 149 | 32% | 21% | 21% | 27% | 52% | +17 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 147 | 18% | 34% | 37% | 10% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 204 | 50.0% | +19 | +12 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 140 | 55.0% | +24 | +16 |
| White | 91 | 60.4% | +3 | −1 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. I. Jones Elementary ← | — | 53 | 29.4% | 56.1% | +11.2 | 3.5% |
| Virtual Academy of Fairfield-Suisun | 1.6 mi | 44 | 16.8% | 32.5% | +13.2 | 0.3% |
| B. Gale Wilson Middle | 1.1 mi | 31 | 10.3% | 28.6% | +0.7 | 5.6% |
| Sullivan Language Immersion Academy | 0.9 mi | 28 | 7.8% | 24.3% | −11.7 | 0.8% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 56 | 75 | #1398 | 36.4% | 64.2% | 6.6% | 1.9% | -10.6pp |
| 2022 | 53 | 81 | #1097 | 33.3% | 57.9% | 30.6% | 0.7% | -5.1pp |
| 2023 | 59 | 83 | #946 | 34.2% | 58.1% | 27.7% | 1.3% | +5.9pp |
| 2024 | 58 | 80 | #1145 | 32.2% | 60.5% | 21.1% | 3.5% | +1.9pp |
| 2025 | 53 | 72 | #1581 | 29.4% | 56.1% | 19.6% | 3.5% | +11.2pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 7.4% | 18.6% | +11.2pp |
| Male | 5.7% | 20.5% | +14.8pp |
| Asian | 7.9% | 5.9% | -2.0pp |
| Black/African American | 10.6% | 28.3% | +17.7pp |
| White | 4.3% | 12.5% | +8.2pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 6.5% | 24.2% | +17.7pp |
| Two or More Races | 5.8% | 14.4% | +8.6pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 12.4% | 29.5% | +17.1pp |
| English Learners | 8.8% | 22.9% | +14.1pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 9.3% | 25.8% | +16.5pp |
| All Students | 6.5% | 19.7% | +13.2pp |
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