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Johnston Cooper Elementary

Public Grades K-5

5351^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 9% of California elementary schools

Summary

Johnston Cooper Elementary is a K-5 public school serving 335 students in the Vallejo City Unified district, operating in a high-need community where over 80% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 10% of California elementary schools, with proficiency rates in English, Math, and Science well below state averages. The school has a very high student-teacher ratio of nearly 34-to-1, the highest among nearby schools, and struggles with chronic student absenteeism, though this rate has improved from pandemic highs. Performance varies widely by grade level and student subgroup, showing inconsistency from year to year.

Interesting comparisons with nearby schools reveal that improvement is possible in similar environments. For instance, Cave Language Academy, which serves a similar student population, achieves much higher academic rankings with lower absenteeism and a better student-teacher ratio. Similarly, Caliber: ChangeMakers Academy outperforms Johnston Cooper while spending less per student. This suggests that targeted strategies, particularly in improving attendance and reducing class sizes, could be key areas for focus to help Johnston Cooper build on the modest progress it has shown from its lowest performance levels.

335

Students ?

33.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$23,855

Per pupil spending ?

80.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

612 Del Mar Ave.
Vallejo, CA 94589-2605

(707) 556-8420

District: Vallejo City Unified

Students who attend Johnston Cooper Elementary usually attend:

High:

Vallejo High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

53.4%

African American:

24.2%

Asian:

11.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 8th percentile in 2013 → 9th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (18% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (39% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school18%

District avg21%

California avg41%

5,351^st of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 9%▼ down 5 pts since 2015

From bottom 13% (2015) to bottom 9% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 14Elementary Schools in the Vallejo City Unified

1367^th of 1,543Vallejo City 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.9	5351 of 5857	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.6	5509 of 5869	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.6	5260 of 5859	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.9	5278 of 5883	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.5	5486 of 5789	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.3	5427 of 5662	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	11.3	5413 of 5692	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	12.5	5263 of 5614	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	17.6	4872 of 5611	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	14.5	5080 of 5530	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	22.4	4481 of 5390	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	26.1	4259 of 5377	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	26.2	4133 of 5314	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	42.5	2912 of 5193	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2008	46.3	2592 of 5113	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2007	37.7	3062 of 5113	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2006	27.2	3507 of 4818	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	24.1	3688 of 4822	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	25.6	3516 of 4809	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.1	360 of 569	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	16.4	557 of 593	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	31.8	440 of 661	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.0	471 of 663	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.9	637 of 747	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.7	639 of 700	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	17.1	2532 of 2585	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	19.5	1985 of 2128	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	29.1	2604 of 3162	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.4	2711 of 3245	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.9	2614 of 3311	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.7	3255 of 3275	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	22.1	2916 of 3246	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.3	5296 of 5597	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	20.7	4649 of 5612	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.8	4249 of 5609	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.4	4768 of 5635	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.1	4789 of 5492	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.4	4814 of 5413	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.3	4798 of 5107	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.4	4642 of 5107	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.0	4722 of 5087	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.0	4696 of 5084	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	19.9	4381 of 4963	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.2	4451 of 4830	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.6	4888 of 5460	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.0	5082 of 5517	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	20.6	4657 of 5363	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.0	4843 of 5264	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.7	4958 of 5173	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.3	4822 of 5084	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.0	4963 of 5628	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.7	5514 of 5643	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.8	5373 of 5638	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.6	5238 of 5663	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.0	5450 of 5510	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.0	5374 of 5431	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.6	2152 of 2847	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.6	1531 of 2420	36.7%	★★☆☆☆

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)

African American (2025)37th percentile+28 vs school

Special Education (2025)24th percentile+16 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)18th percentile+12 vs school

Male (2025)12th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)10th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)6th percentile-3 vs school

Female (2025)5th percentile-3 vs school

Disabled (2019)2nd percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics19%-18 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy19%-30 vs state

Science13%-20 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, November 7, 2011

Very Good School, Teachers are great, it seems like my Kids is learning wonderful things everyday... Close Quote

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Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Johnston Cooper Elementary	Public	K-5	612 Del Mar Ave.	Vallejo	94589	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-8420	335	10	33.9	80.6%	3 (0.9%)	81 (24.2%)	179 (53.4%)	38 (11.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	29 (8.7%)	13.9	5351^st of 5857 public elementary schools	8.6%		12.6	5509^th of 5869 public elementary schools	6.1%	158	13.1		13.1	17.7	12.9	27.4				19.1	27.9	15.7	14.5				19.2	96.2			96.2	96.2	97.5	$23,855	$3,508	$20,347
Caliber: ChangeMakers Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	500 Oregon St.	Vallejo	94590	Solano County	Caliber: ChangeMakers Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 563-9827	975	47	20.6	76.8%	32 (3.3%)	228 (23.4%)	563 (57.7%)	86 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	63 (6.5%)	28.9	4063^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	30.6%		32	3787^th of 5869 public elementary schools	35.5%	276	29.4	23.8	26.7	18.6	30.2	33.0	42.9	47.1	43.0	35.8	25.0	31.3	25.0	23.3	27.5	27.0	26.5	93.6	93.6	93.6	93.6	93.6	93.6	$15,746	$817	$14,929
Highland Elementary	Public	K-6	1309 Ensign Ave.	Vallejo	94590	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-8500	510	19	26.7	86.9%	29 (5.7%)	94 (18.4%)	334 (65.5%)	20 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	27 (5.3%)	6.8	5786^th of 5857 public elementary schools	1.2%		7.2	5803^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	1.1%	17	8.8		8.8	8.0	12.3	13.8	14.3			12.0	6.5	5.5	10.0	5.3			7.0	96.6			96.6			$20,906	$3,094	$17,812
Cave Language Academy	Public	K-8	770 Tregaskis Ave.	Vallejo	94591	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-8410	505	20	25.5	66.1%	32 (6.3%)	29 (5.7%)	413 (81.8%)	16 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.0%)	57.7	2185^th of 5857 public elementary schools	62.7%		52.3	2438^th of 5869 public elementary schools	58.5%	253	37.0	13.3	27.6	45.8	46.3	65.2	48.6	42.9	36.7	48.6	56.3	40.7	32.6	34.3	39.3	23.3	39.0							$20,107	$2,693	$17,414
Federal Terrace Elementary	Public	K-6	415 Daniels Ave.	Vallejo	94590	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-8460	228	10	23.9	83.8%	10 (4.4%)	63 (27.6%)	108 (47.4%)	38 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.9%)	19.3	4890^th of 5857 public elementary schools	16.5%		19.8	4884^th of 5869 public elementary schools	16.8%	6	9.7		9.7	8.0	26.7	18.8	39.4			24.2	0.0	26.7	12.9	30.3			18.5	83.7	87.8	93.9	91.8	85.7	91.8	$25,318	$4,141	$21,177
Loma Vista Environmental Science Academy	Public	K-8	146 Rainier Ave.	Vallejo	94589	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-8550	365	14	25.7	78.4%	16 (4.4%)	61 (16.7%)	226 (61.9%)	33 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	24 (6.6%)	8.1	5735^th of 5857 public elementary schools	2.1%		17.8	5050^th of 5869 public elementary schools	14.0%	685	5.3	3.3	4.6	6.0	13.5	21.4	7.4	36.7	26.7	17.8	9.6	16.2	10.5	7.1	33.3	3.3	12.8							$23,612	$3,892	$19,720
Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-5	620 Carolina St.	Vallejo	94590	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-8540	70	3	21.5	92.9%	0 (0.0%)	25 (35.7%)	30 (42.9%)	1 (1.4%)	1 (1.4%)	1 (1.4%)	11 (15.7%)								(n/a)																		83.3	87.5		91.7	83.3	91.7	$27,956	$5,522	$22,434
Joseph H. Wardlaw Elementary	Public	K-6	1698 Oakwood Ave.	Vallejo	94591	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-8730	676	24	28.1	66.0%	46 (6.8%)	165 (24.4%)	191 (28.3%)	182 (26.9%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.9%)	78 (11.5%)	36.2	3466^th of 5857 public elementary schools	40.8%		35	3523^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	40.0%	57	30.7		30.7	42.9	25.0	48.5	37.7			38.9	31.9	21.6	32.7	23.4			27.7	98.1				98.1		$22,495	$2,554	$19,941
Vallejo Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	2833 Tennessee St.	Vallejo	94591	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-8620	350	15	23.2	72.3%	27 (7.7%)	76 (21.7%)	176 (50.3%)	45 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	23 (6.6%)	12.1	5499^th of 5857 public elementary schools	6.1%		10.1	5680^th of 5869 public elementary schools	3.2%	181	15.4	20.3	18.4	10.7	24.5	15.4	19.6	25.4	32.8	22.9	10.7	18.4	7.7	13.7	13.6	19.0	14.4							$25,925	$2,588	$23,337
Solano Widenmann Leadership Academy	Public	K-8	1025 Corcoran Ave.	Vallejo	94589	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-8740	615	31	20.1	83.3%	16 (2.6%)	128 (20.8%)	342 (55.6%)	85 (13.8%)	4 (0.7%)	11 (1.8%)	29 (4.7%)	11.7	5524^th of 5857 public elementary schools	5.7%		14.2	5378^th of 5869 public elementary schools	8.4%	146	11.1	4.6	6.7	13.3	9.1	27.8	26.7	21.5	15.5	20.2	6.5	11.4	5.6	10.9	13.0	3.6	8.8	93.6					93.6	$27,476	$3,324	$24,152

Frequently Asked Questions about Johnston Cooper Elementary

How many students attend Johnston Cooper Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 335 students attended Johnston Cooper Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Johnston Cooper Elementary attend?

Students who attend Johnston Cooper Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Vallejo High

What district is Johnston Cooper Elementary in?

Vallejo City Unified

What is the racial makeup of Johnston Cooper Elementary?

Students at Johnston Cooper Elementary are 53% Hispanic, 24% African American, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more races.

Is Johnston Cooper Elementary a good school?

Johnston Cooper Elementary ranks in the bottom 8.6% of California elementary schools.

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