Virtual Academy of Fairfield-Suisun: The score is middle of the pack. The trajectory isn't.
Virtual Academy of Fairfield-Suisun sits mid-pack on raw proficiency — and it's climbing faster than most schools anywhere near it — and that holds when you follow the same students across grades.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44 | 17% | 33% | +13.2 | 5.4% | 0.3% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Virtual Academy of Fairfield-Suisun scores 44 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 53rd percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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📈 On the Rise — Ask how many years the improvement has held, not just the latest one — one strong cohort and a real turnaround can look identical in a single year of data.
Most rating sites would stop at “33% proficient” and call it done. Virtual Academy of Fairfield-Suisun deserves a closer read. The school sits in Fairfield, where three in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Virtual Academy of Fairfield-Suisun's low-income kids hit 65.2% 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
Climbed from the 35th to the 53rd percentile since 2022 — past roughly 1100 elementary schools.
| Grade | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 46% | 63% | 25% | 31% |
| Grade 4 | 46% | 42% | 59% | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 35% | 55% | 50% | 48% |
| Grade 6 | 50% | 27% | 47% | 71% |
| Grade 7 | 42% | 55% | 37% | 82% |
| Grade 8 | 45% | 51% | 47% | 73% |
| Grade | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 45% | 40% | 19% | 31% |
| Grade 4 | 30% | 34% | 31% | 24% |
| Grade 5 | 15% | 30% | 28% | 40% |
| Grade 6 | 36% | 22% | 29% | 57% |
| Grade 7 | 28% | 36% | 37% | 59% |
| Grade 8 | 26% | 40% | 39% | 79% |
Virtual Academy of Fairfield-Suisun's most underrated number
65.2% 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 what changed — new curriculum, new principal, new program. Momentum has a cause, and a visit will find it.
- 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 Virtual Academy of Fairfield-Suisun in Fairfield, 65.2% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 30.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Virtual Academy of Fairfield-Suisun outperforms its district average for low-income students by 34.4 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (57.4% Math proficient); Hispanic students (46.3% ELA proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 69 students tested.
10 of 15 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.
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 175 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).
On the state's science test (CAST), 57% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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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 | 13 | 15% | 15% | 23% | 46% | 31% | −13 |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 17% | 6% | 39% | 39% | 22% | −23 |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 24% | 24% | 36% | 16% | 48% | +0 |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 52% | 19% | 24% | 5% | 71% | +25 |
| Grade 7 | 17 | 53% | 29% | 6% | 12% | 82% | +35 |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 38% | 35% | 20% | 8% | 73% | +26 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 13 | 23% | 8% | 38% | 31% | 31% | −15 |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 6% | 18% | 35% | 41% | 24% | −18 |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 16% | 24% | 24% | 36% | 40% | +5 |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 38% | 19% | 24% | 19% | 57% | +22 |
| Grade 7 | 17 | 35% | 24% | 18% | 24% | 59% | +25 |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 50% | 29% | 16% | 5% | 79% | +47 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 63 | 24% | 33% | 35% | 8% |
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 | 69 | 65.2% | +34 | +27 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 41 | 46.3% | +15 | +7 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virtual Academy of Fairfield-Suisun ← | — | 44 | 16.8% | 32.5% | +13.2 | 0.3% |
| K. I. Jones Elementary | 1.7 mi | 53 | 29.4% | 56.1% | +11.2 | 3.5% |
| Crescent Elementary | 1.6 mi | 40 | 13.1% | 35.3% | −10.8 | 1.6% |
| Laurel Creek Elementary | 2.6 mi | 32 | 13.6% | 33.2% | −7.2 | 1.3% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30 | 35 | #3751 | 14.5% | 36.1% | 19.5% | 0.0% | -20.6pp |
| 2023 | 45 | 63 | #2118 | 12.7% | 44.0% | 13.1% | 0.0% | -8.8pp |
| 2024 | 47 | 62 | #2179 | 17.1% | 35.2% | 9.4% | 0.3% | +17.0pp |
| 2025 | 44 | 53 | #2701 | 16.8% | 32.5% | 5.4% | 0.3% | +13.2pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | — | 1.9% | — |
| Male | — | 2.0% | — |
| Black/African American | — | 9.1% | — |
| White | — | 0.0% | — |
| Hispanic/Latino | — | 1.0% | — |
| Two or More Races | — | 0.0% | — |
| Students with Disabilities | — | 0.0% | — |
| English Learners | — | 0.0% | — |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | — | 2.9% | — |
| All Students | — | 2.0% | — |
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