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E. Ruth Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning

Public Grades K-8
5780th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 0% of California elementary schools
Summary

E. Ruth Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning is a K–8 school in Fairfield, California, serving 492 students in Fairfield-Suisun Unified. Its latest proficiency results are low across all three tested subjects: 16% in English language arts (ELA), 4.5% in math and 4.2% in science. Most importantly, the school is below district and state proficiency in every subject and ranks near the bottom of nearby schools.

Science is the subject where Sheldon comes closest to district and state results, but it still trails both: 4.2% of students were proficient, compared with 28% in the district and 36% statewide. ELA proficiency was 16%, versus 41% in the district and 49% statewide; math was 4.5%, compared with 28% and 38%. Among 10 nearby schools, Sheldon ranked second-lowest in ELA and science and lowest in math. The nearby-school averages were 31% in ELA, 23% in math and 20% in science, with Sheldon below those averages by 16, 19 and 16 percentage points, respectively.

Results have declined overall since 2022–2023: ELA fell from 19% to 16%, math from 8% to 4.5% and science from 6% to 4.2%. Chronic absenteeism improved from 49% in 2021–2022 to 39% in 2025–2026, but remained above the district’s 25% and the state’s 18%. SchoolDigger ranks Sheldon 5,780th of 5,804 schools, at the 0th percentile with 0 stars; it ranked at the 6th percentile the year before. In 2024–2025, the student-teacher ratio was 25.8, second-highest among nearby schools, and 93% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with a nearby-school average of 75% for the same year. SchoolDigger’s statewide measure for how well the school serves English Language Learner Students fell from the 27th percentile in 2021–2022 to the 6th in 2023–2024; the school’s overall percentile was 5 in both of those years.

492
Students ?
25.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$16,576
Per pupil spending ?
93.1%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 1901 Woolner Ave.
       Fairfield, CA  94533-5809

(707) 421-4150

District: Fairfield-Suisun Unified


Students who attend E. Ruth Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning usually attend:

High:    Armijo High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
73.8%
African American:
8.1%
Asian:
7.1%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 3rd percentile in 2015 → <1st in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (9% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (<1st percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (39% vs 18% California)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school9%
District avg33%
California avg42%
Elementary school
5,780th of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 1%▼ down 2 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
2,612th of 2,703
California public middle schools ?
Bottom 3%▼ down 5 pts since 2016
From bottom 8% (2016) to bottom 3% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
19th of 19Elementary Schools in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified
634th of 968Fairfield-Suisun Unified among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20265.15780 of 58040.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202512.35480 of 58576.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.05558 of 58695.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.45606 of 58594.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.45572 of 58835.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.35431 of 57896.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.05255 of 56627.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20179.25533 of 56922.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20168.95497 of 56142.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201511.15417 of 56113.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201326.44322 of 553021.8%★☆☆☆☆
201230.23935 of 539027.0%★☆☆☆☆
201126.64214 of 537721.6%★☆☆☆☆
201024.54263 of 531419.8%★☆☆☆☆
200921.74299 of 519317.2%★☆☆☆☆
200829.73618 of 511329.2%★☆☆☆☆
200741.52811 of 511345.0%★★☆☆☆
200648.72250 of 481853.3%★★★☆☆
200545.12435 of 482249.5%★★☆☆☆
200438.92693 of 480944.0%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202422.92958 of 31626.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202327.12733 of 324515.8%★☆☆☆☆
202232.52413 of 331127.1%★☆☆☆☆
201927.32691 of 327517.8%★☆☆☆☆
201819.73066 of 32465.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20267.25515 of 55691.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202515.35088 of 55979.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.55251 of 56126.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.05314 of 56095.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.45397 of 56354.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.04943 of 549210.0%★☆☆☆☆
201814.54939 of 54138.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20265.85060 of 50850.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202514.54781 of 51076.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.04884 of 51074.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.24972 of 50872.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.54825 of 50845.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.44590 of 49637.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.84474 of 48307.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20265.45393 of 54120.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202515.05061 of 54607.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.65168 of 55176.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.85109 of 53634.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.64873 of 52647.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201915.14828 of 51736.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.64678 of 50848.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20264.55577 of 55900.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202512.25308 of 56285.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.25365 of 56434.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.35416 of 56383.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.45344 of 56635.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.45337 of 55103.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.55062 of 54316.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202615.12890 of 29201.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202515.62798 of 28471.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.52562 of 26352.8%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20268.22612 of 27033.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.32574 of 27616.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.12544 of 27838.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.52634 of 27815.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.02308 of 274015.8%★☆☆☆☆
201912.92458 of 27159.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.22173 of 248012.4%★☆☆☆☆
201712.12319 of 25087.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201612.22285 of 24978.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201517.62097 of 247715.3%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202424.31446 of 14782.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202328.91271 of 152116.4%★☆☆☆☆
202238.7813 of 154047.2%★★☆☆☆
201924.91379 of 14424.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201826.01209 of 136411.4%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202611.42341 of 24835.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.22395 of 25335.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.22397 of 25516.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.32422 of 25314.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202222.01988 of 250920.8%★☆☆☆☆
201914.62124 of 238010.8%★☆☆☆☆
201814.82010 of 226211.1%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20268.32271 of 23252.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.22275 of 23955.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.12208 of 23887.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.82270 of 23744.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202226.51760 of 235925.4%★☆☆☆☆
201915.42012 of 22139.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.01833 of 207211.5%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202610.22387 of 24934.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202514.02345 of 25427.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.72428 of 25795.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.82348 of 25317.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202226.91822 of 245825.9%★☆☆☆☆
201917.42110 of 236910.9%★☆☆☆☆
201818.51945 of 223012.8%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20266.72434 of 24781.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.82374 of 25346.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.22321 of 25529.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.92369 of 25386.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.22328 of 25277.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.42235 of 24077.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.92018 of 227311.2%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202614.71585 of 15860.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202515.61557 of 15660.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202326.11207 of 153121.2%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
English Language Learner (2024)6th percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)1st percentile~ school
Female (2026)1st percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)<1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)<1st percentile~ school
Male (2026)<1st percentile~ school
Middle school
Female (2026)6th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)4th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)2nd percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2024)2nd percentile-6 vs school
Male (2026)2nd percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)<1st percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy16%-34 vs state
Mathematics4%-34 vs state
Science4%-32 vs state

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Students who attend E. Ruth Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning usually go on to attend:

High : Armijo High

E. Ruth Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning ranks in the bottom 0.4% of California elementary schools.

Students at E. Ruth Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning are 74% Hispanic, 8% African American, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 4% White.

In the 2024-25 school year, 492 students attended E. Ruth Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning.

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