How does Public Safety Academy compare to other middle schools in Fairfield?

Public Safety Academy has a SchoolScope composite score of 54.5/100, placing it at the 81st percentile statewide. 28% of students exceed standard, with a total of 752 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Public Safety Academy?

27.6% of students at Public Safety Academy exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 68.1% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Public Safety Academy improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Public Safety Academy's proficiency rate decreases by 4.6 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This pattern in test scores may reflect a variety of factors beyond the school itself.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Public Safety Academy?

12.2% of students at Public Safety Academy are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Public Safety Academy

K-12 School

Fairfield-Suisun Unified FairfieldSolano County94533

📍 230 Atlantic Avenue

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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Composite scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

739 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

25:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

49%

Teachers

29 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Increased

+4.0 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Maintained

+2.9 pts DFS change

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic42.5%

White18.0%

Asian12.0%

Black7.2%

Other20.3%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Public Safety Academy
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	27.6%
Met Standard	40.5%
Below Standard	31.9%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "68% proficient" for Public Safety Academy and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

27.6% of students exceeded standard while 40.5% met it. That exceeded rate is 10.3 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 14.8 points above the Fairfield-Suisun Unified district average of 12.8%. Compared to the 3 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 22.7 points higher (vs 4.9% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Proficiency drops by 4.6 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased and Math maintained year-over-year.

Chronic absenteeism is 12.2%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

27.6%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

68.1%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

-4.6pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

12.2%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

5.6%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

752

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
5th	93	39.8%	32.3%	23.7%	4.3%	72.0%
6th	127	37.8%	40.9%	18.9%	2.4%	78.7%
7th	129	27.9%	49.6%	19.4%	3.1%	77.5%
8th	120	20.8%	54.2%	18.3%	6.7%	75.0%
11th	70	68.6%	24.3%	4.3%	2.9%	92.9%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
5th	93	17.2%	24.7%	38.7%	19.4%	41.9%
6th	127	27.6%	37.0%	29.1%	6.3%	64.6%
7th	129	23.3%	30.2%	34.9%	11.6%	53.5%
8th	120	28.3%	30.8%	29.2%	11.7%	59.2%
11th	70	25.7%	45.7%	20.0%	8.6%	71.4%