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Johnston Cooper Elementary

Public Grades K-5

5602^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,817 California Elementary Schools

Better than 4% of California elementary schools

Summary

Johnston Cooper Elementary is a K–5 school in Vallejo, serving 335 students in Vallejo City Unified. In 2025–2026, 19% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA), 13% in math and 8% in science—below both district and California averages in every subject. The most important concern is that academic proficiency is broadly low, with science especially weak relative to the district and nearby schools.

Grade 4 ELA is a relative bright spot: 28% were proficient, compared with 19% schoolwide, 26% districtwide and 46% statewide; this was the third-highest result among nearby schools reporting that grade. By contrast, grade 5 math was just 7%, below the district’s 14% and the state’s 37%, and was among the weakest nearby results. Across all grades, ELA ranked eighth of 10 nearby schools and math sixth of 10. Science proficiency was 8%, versus 16% in the district and 36% statewide; among nearby schools reporting science results, only Highland Elementary scored lower.

The state achievement gap widened over the four years reported in all three subjects, even as ELA edged up in the latest year: the gap grew by 5 points in ELA, 7 in math and 8 in science. Chronic absenteeism improved by 23 points from its 2021–2022 high, but remained 40% in 2025–2026, compared with 33% in the district and 18% statewide. SchoolDigger placed the school in the 4th percentile statewide with 0 stars in 2025–2026. Context for families includes a 33.9-to-1 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025, the highest among nearby schools with reported figures, and 81% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025. SchoolDigger’s measure of effectiveness for African American students shifted from the 37th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 8th in 2025–2026; the school’s overall percentile was 9th and then 4th, respectively.

335

Students ?

33.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

80.6%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

95%

Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)

Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)

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: Declining — 13th percentile in 2015 → 4th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (15% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (40% vs 18% California)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school15%

District avg22%

California avg42%

5,602^nd of 5,817

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 4%▼ down 3 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

10^th of 12Elementary Schools in the Vallejo City Unified

1363^rd of 1,530Vallejo 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
2026	10.0	5602 of 5817	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
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
2026	16.1	470 of 508	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
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
2026	9.2	5455 of 5581	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
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
2026	14.3	4776 of 5094	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
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
2026	12.2	5202 of 5423	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
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
2026	12.5	5278 of 5603	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
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
2026	21.5	2596 of 2927	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
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)

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

Special Education (2026)11th percentile+8 vs school

African American (2026)7th percentile+4 vs school

Hispanic (2026)6th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2026)6th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)4th percentile~ school

Female (2026)2nd percentile~ school

Disabled (2019)2nd percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy19%-30 vs state

Mathematics13%-26 vs state

Science8%-28 vs state

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Monday, November 7, 2011

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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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	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%)	10	5602^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	3.7%		13.9	5351^st of 5857 public elementary schools	8.6%	251	8.3		8.3	13.3	27.6	18.1				19.5	17.0	15.0	6.9				12.6	95%	0%
Caliber: ChangeMakers Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	500 Oregon St.	Vallejo	94805	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%)	38.1	3358^th of 5817 public elementary schools	42.3%		28.9	4063^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	30.6%	705	39.4	27.9	33.7	33.3	37.9	41.8	40.0	36.1	43.3	38.8	43.1	32.0	24.3	23.8	25.3	36.5	30.9	≥ 99%		$17,112	$915	$16,197
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%)	7.4	5720^th of 5817 public elementary schools	1.7%		6.8	5786^th of 5857 public elementary schools	1.2%	66	5.3		5.3	11.8	5.3	16.0	22.2			13.6	9.8	5.4	4.0	17.5			8.7	88%	0%
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%)	52.4	2468^th of 5817 public elementary schools	57.6%		57.7	2185^th of 5857 public elementary schools	62.7%	283	23.5	34.6	27.3	47.4	58.0	47.1	69.1	48.5	61.5	54.4	31.6	54.0	21.6	40.5	33.3	38.5	36.3	≥ 99%
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%)	11.8	5488^th of 5817 public elementary schools	5.7%		19.3	4890^th of 5857 public elementary schools	16.5%	598	16.1		16.1	9.7	6.9	32.3	23.8			17.9	12.9	3.5	3.2	28.6			10.7	90%	0%
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)				21.1						21.1	5.3						5.3	85%	0%
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%)	30.5	3962^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	31.9%		36.2	3466^th of 5857 public elementary schools	40.8%	496	30.9		30.9	33.6	26.3	36.2	41.6			34.3	27.3	21.3	25.8	33.0			26.8	98%	0%
Vallejo Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	400 Rickover St.	Vallejo	94592	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%)	17.3	5038^th of 5817 public elementary schools	13.4%		12.1	5499^th of 5857 public elementary schools	6.1%	461	8.5	14.5	11.9	26.0	30.7	23.4	19.7	19.4	27.4	24.4	30.0	25.8	12.8	16.4	10.5	9.7	17.2	≥ 95%
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%)	9.1	5652^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	2.8%		11.7	5524^th of 5857 public elementary schools	5.7%	128	10.7	12.2	11.7	14.9	17.4	12.2	24.0	32.2	24.6	22.5	14.9	8.7	6.8	8.5	19.8	9.9	11.7	≥ 95%
Dan Mini Elementary	Public	K-5	1530 Lorenzo Dr.	Vallejo	94589	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-8570	433	18	24.0	77.4%	16 (3.7%)	45 (10.4%)	267 (61.7%)	62 (14.3%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.2%)	36 (8.3%)	21.9	4644^th of 5817 public elementary schools	20.2%		26.4	4281^st of 5857 public elementary schools	26.9%	363	19.5		19.5	23.5	27.1	36.4				29.3	36.8	21.4	14.3				23.7	≥ 98%

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 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 3.7% of California elementary schools.

What district is Johnston Cooper Elementary in?

Vallejo City Unified

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