Vallejo City Unified

Vallejo City Unified has 17 schools—13 elementary, one middle and three high schools—serving families in Vallejo, California. In the latest results, the schools’ unweighted averages were 25% in ELA, 19% in math and 15% in science, compared with state figures of 49%, 38% and 36%. The averages were below the state by 24, 20 and 21 points, respectively, but school results varied widely. The most important takeaway is that the area’s overall results trail the state, while a few schools stand out strongly in particular subjects.

Cave Language Academy is the clearest standout in ELA: its 54% result is 5 points above the state and 20 points above the next-highest school, Joseph H. Wardlaw Elementary, at 34%. Cave also exceeds state ELA results in grades 4, 6 and 8. Vallejo High leads math at 39%, just 1 point above the state; Wardlaw leads science at 31%, though it is 5 points below the state. At the low end, John Finney High (Continuation) has under 8% proficiency in ELA, under 4% in math and 0% in science. Highland Elementary is also near the bottom across subjects.

Recent average results show no broad improvement relative to the state: among 16 schools with year-to-year data, ELA and science each slipped about 1 point, while math was nearly unchanged; state results rose in all three subjects, widening the gaps by about 1 point in ELA, 1 in math and 4 in science. SchoolDigger’s rankings also show different trajectories: Cave was at the 58th percentile in 2025–26, compared with Highland at the 2nd and Solano Widenmann Leadership Academy at the 3rd; Glen Cove Elementary fell from the 54th to the 23rd percentile over three years. All schools report free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–25, ranging from 66% at Wardlaw to 93% at Lincoln Elementary; these figures are context, not an explanation of results. Student-teacher ratios also vary: Cave’s is 25.5, Wardlaw’s 28.1 and Vallejo High’s 18.3, with no simple pattern linking ratios to test performance.