Is Cleo Gordon Elementary a good school?

Cleo Gordon Elementary ranks in the bottom 5.9% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Cleo Gordon Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 489 students attended Cleo Gordon Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Cleo Gordon Elementary?

Students at Cleo Gordon Elementary are 61% Hispanic, 17% African American, 8% Two or more races, 8% Asian, 6% White.

What schools do graduates of Cleo Gordon Elementary attend?

Students who attend Cleo Gordon Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Grange Middle High : Fairfield High

Cleo Gordon Elementary

Summary:

Cleo Gordon Elementary is a public elementary school in Fairfield, CA, serving 489 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, which is ranked 996 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Cleo Gordon Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of California elementary schools based on academic performance, with proficiency rates significantly lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, only 19.56% of Cleo Gordon students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 40.36% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low for Hispanic and Multi-racial students, who rank in the bottom 5-10% of their respective student groups statewide. Additionally, Cleo Gordon Elementary has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 15.0% in 2017-2018 to 41.0% in 2022-2023, much higher than the district and state averages.

Cleo Gordon Elementary consistently performs worse than the nearby Virtual Academy of Fairfield-Suisun, Fairview Elementary, Crescent Elementary, and Laurel Creek Elementary, which generally have higher proficiency rates, lower chronic absenteeism, and serve a lower percentage of low-income students. The school's high percentage of low-income students, 73.42% in 2022-2023, may be a contributing factor to its overall academic underperformance.

Detail:

Public K-5

1950 Dover Ave.
Fairfield, CA 94533-2345

(707) 421-4125

District: Fairfield-Suisun Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5515^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $5,699

Students who attend Cleo Gordon Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Grange Middle
High:	Fairfield High

Student/teacher ratio: 25.7

Number of students: 489

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

61.3%

African American:

17.0%

Two or more races:

8.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 73.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Cleo Gordon Elementary ranks worse than 94.1% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 12^th among 17 ranked elementary schools in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.48. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (61.3%), African American (17%), two or more races (8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 73.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cleo Gordon Elementary is 25.7. 13 elementary schools in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Cleo Gordon Elementary employs 19 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cleo Gordon Elementary is $5,699. 10 elementary schools in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cleo Gordon Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Cleo Gordon Elementary 5515^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Cleo Gordon Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Fairfield-Suisun Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Fairfield-Suisun Unified 996^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Cleo Gordon Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Cleo Gordon Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	12.40	4530^th	4809	5.8%
2005	10.58	4627^th	4822	4.0%
2006	12.87	4484^th	4818	6.9%
2007	9.92	4922^nd	5113	3.7%
2008	10.81	4887^th	5113	4.4%
2009	12.12	4902^nd	5193	5.6%
2010	15.84	4858^th	5314	8.6%
2011	27.49	4161^st	5377	22.6%
2012	17.91	4782^nd	5390	11.3%
2013	30.53	4003^rd	5530	27.6%
2015	22.35	4390^th	5611	21.8%
2016	18.27	4765^th	5614	15.1%
2017	17.40	4909^th	5692	13.8%
2018	12.94	5265^th	5662	7.0%
2019	14.91	5249^th	5789	9.3%
2022	17.62	5094^th	5883	13.4%
2023	17.70	5084^th	5874	13.4%
2024	12.48	5515^th	5862	5.9%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Cleo Gordon Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	2.42	658^th	669	1.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Cleo Gordon Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	22.86	2862^nd	3246	11.8%
2019	27.09	2704^th	3275	17.4%
2022	24.98	2950^th	3311	10.9%
2023	24.62	2897^th	3250	10.9%
2024	24.19	2884^th	3160	8.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Cleo Gordon Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	24.58	2133^rd	2634	19.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Cleo Gordon Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	14.61	4768^th	5084	6.2%
2019	18.35	4668^th	5173	9.8%
2022	22.48	4465^th	5264	15.2%
2023	18.09	4832^nd	5374	10.1%
2024	12.71	5285^th	5511	4.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Cleo Gordon Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	13.51	5027^th	5413	7.1%
2019	16.60	4902^nd	5492	10.7%
2022	18.81	4823^rd	5635	14.4%
2023	18.60	4833^rd	5617	14.0%
2024	14.64	5148^th	5605	8.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Cleo Gordon Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	39.05	1065^th	2128	50.0%
2019	21.37	2276^th	2585	12.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Cleo Gordon Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	13.64	5051^st	5431	7.0%
2019	15.05	5047^th	5510	8.4%
2022	18.36	4892^nd	5663	13.6%
2023	17.95	4914^th	5650	13.0%
2024	12.10	5360^th	5636	4.9%

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Rank History for African American students at Cleo Gordon Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	34.76	440^th	700	37.1%
2019	41.51	404^th	747	45.9%
2022	28.19	498^th	663	24.9%
2023	33.43	419^th	662	36.7%
2024	28.25	437^th	593	26.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Cleo Gordon Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	11.88	4649^th	4830	3.7%
2019	15.61	4633^rd	4963	6.6%
2022	23.36	4252^nd	5084	16.4%
2023	16.77	4696^th	5098	7.9%
2024	12.10	4918^th	5102	3.6%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Cleo Gordon Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	294	157	44	43	2	n/a	n/a	0	540
1989	314	156	36	50	0	n/a	n/a	0	556
1990	291	170	48	77	2	n/a	n/a	0	588
1991	295	137	42	82	8	n/a	n/a	0	564
1992	267	138	71	100	4	n/a	n/a	0	580
1993	277	154	64	116	4	n/a	n/a	0	615
1994	262	184	63	118	4	n/a	n/a	0	631
1995	226	227	66	131	8	n/a	n/a	0	658
1996	226	227	66	131	8	n/a	n/a	0	658
1997	214	230	62	158	12	n/a	n/a	0	676
1998	229	230	70	167	12	n/a	n/a	0	708
1999	226	227	65	192	15	n/a	n/a	4	729
2000	214	221	68	213	9	n/a	n/a	0	725
2001	169	221	67	232	16	n/a	n/a	2	707
2002	112	227	74	258	10	n/a	n/a	0	681
2003	112	227	74	258	10	n/a	n/a	0	681
2004	98	218	48	241	6	n/a	n/a	0	611
2005	72	181	43	257	5	n/a	n/a	1	559
2006	49	157	39	286	5	n/a	n/a	0	536
2007	39	135	32	296	5	n/a	n/a	0	507
2008	30	143	24	315	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	512
2009	30	146	22	284	1	3	0	0	486
2010	16	55	17	365	3	2	221	0	679
2011	54	140	35	372	5	3	35	0	644
2012	64	146	44	389	2	4	28	0	677
2013	54	150	43	380	2	1	36	0	666
2014	48	144	38	415	3	1	43	0	692
2015	48	129	37	455	3	0	40	0	712
2016	47	120	38	433	1	3	46	0	688
2017	51	83	35	348	2	6	45	0	570
2018	44	86	39	366	0	6	47	0	588
2019	43	93	44	374	2	7	44	0	607
2020	35	87	49	378	1	4	38	0	592
2021	32	70	41	302	1	7	40	0	493
2022	31	72	33	292	0	4	32	0	464
2023	27	83	37	300	0	3	39	0	489

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Cleo Gordon Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	540	22.7	23.7	n/a
1989	556	23.0	24.1	n/a
1990	588	25.1	23.4	n/a
1991	564	27.0	20.8	n/a
1992	580	27.4	21.1	43.3
1993	615	26.0	23.7	44.7
1994	631	27.0	23.4	49.8
1995	658	28.0	23.5	55.3
1996	658	28.0	23.5	55.3
1997	676	30.0	22.5	54
1998	708	35.0	20.2	42.2
1999	729	39.0	18.7	55.3
2000	725	37.0	19.6	46.8
2001	707	38.0	18.6	61.1
2002	681	34.0	20.0	65.9
2003	681	34.0	20.0	65.9
2004	611	29.6	20.6	73
2005	559	29.0	19.3	75.1
2006	536	24.0	22.3	79.5
2007	507	27.0	18.8	78.9
2008	512	33.0	15.5	80.1
2009	486	25.0	14.7	93
2010	679	32.5	20.8	52.7
2011	644	n/a	n/a	74.8
2012	677	23.0	29.4	n/a
2013	666	21.0	31.7	92.2
2014	692	23.0	30.0	93.8
2015	712	25.0	28.4	93.3
2016	688	23.0	29.9	90.7
2017	570	23.0	24.7	85.1
2018	588	22.0	26.7	90.1
2019	607	23.0	26.3	89.3
2020	592	n/a	n/a	82.6
2021	493	21.0	23.4	80.7
2022	464	19.0	24.4	61.2
2023	489	19.0	25.7	73.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Cleo Gordon Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	540	22.7	23.7	n/a
1989	556	23.0	24.1	n/a
1990	588	25.1	23.4	n/a
1991	564	27.0	20.8	n/a
1992	580	27.4	21.1	43.3
1993	615	26.0	23.7	44.7
1994	631	27.0	23.4	49.8
1995	658	28.0	23.5	55.3
1996	658	28.0	23.5	55.3
1997	676	30.0	22.5	54
1998	708	35.0	20.2	42.2
1999	729	39.0	18.7	55.3
2000	725	37.0	19.6	46.8
2001	707	38.0	18.6	61.1
2002	681	34.0	20.0	65.9
2003	681	34.0	20.0	65.9
2004	611	29.6	20.6	73
2005	559	29.0	19.3	75.1
2006	536	24.0	22.3	79.5
2007	507	27.0	18.8	78.9
2008	512	33.0	15.5	80.1
2009	486	25.0	14.7	93
2010	679	32.5	20.8	52.7
2011	644	n/a	n/a	74.8
2012	677	23.0	29.4	n/a
2013	666	21.0	31.7	92.2
2014	692	23.0	30.0	93.8
2015	712	25.0	28.4	93.3
2016	688	23.0	29.9	90.7
2017	570	23.0	24.7	85.1
2018	588	22.0	26.7	90.1
2019	607	23.0	26.3	89.3
2020	592	n/a	n/a	82.6
2021	493	21.0	23.4	80.7
2022	464	19.0	24.4	61.2
2023	489	19.0	25.7	73.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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