E. Ruth Sheldon Academy Of Innovative Learning is a K-8 school.

It serves grades K-8 (California Department of Education school directory), so it has no graduating class and there is nothing to measure for UC admissions. Its enrollment, student body and state test results are below.

E. Ruth Sheldon Academy Of Innovative Learning

Fairfield · Solano County · Fairfield-Suisun Unified · Public

Public Solano County Fairfield-Suisun Unified → CDS 4870540…
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At a glance

Programs & features
  • Gifted & talented program
Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

How E. Ruth Sheldon Academy Of Innovative Learning compares for families

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: total enrollment.

38% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~21%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.
Chronic absent
38.0%
208 of 547 students

Absenteeism is up 28.0 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Solano County median
26.8% · school is worse than 76% of 33 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
628 (2018)499 (2026)
-20.5%

If this trend holds (-3.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~484 -15 $0
3 yr (2029) ~456 -43 $0
5 yr (2031) ~429 -70 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

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Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Solano County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

79% of students who start the year here finish it here.
Stability rate
79.2%
457 of 577 students

120 of 577 students who enrolled at E. Ruth Sheldon Academy Of Innovative Learning this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (20.8% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Solano County median
85.2% · school is in the 21st percentile of 34 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 21st percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (550) 79.8%
Hispanic / Latino (421) 81.2%
English learners (247) 78.9%
Students w/ disabilities (97) 75.3%
Black / African Am. (54) 64.8%
Two or more races (33) 78.8%

Nearest peer high schools

Sullivan Language Immersion Academy 97.8% Oakbrook Academy Of The Arts 90.5% Weir Preparatory Academy 84.7% Fairmont Charter Elementary 92.5% Highland Elementary 78.8%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

District financial profile — Fairfield-Suisun Unified (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue
$306.4M
+15.1% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$14,800
20,703 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 59.6%
Local: 30.9%
Federal: 9.5%
Instruction share
56.1%
of current spending · $6,930/pupil
Long-term debt
$282.3M
+89.8% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($M)
Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Fairfield-Suisun Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

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