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Highland Elementary

Public Grades K-6

5786^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 1% of California elementary schools

Summary

Highland Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 510 students in the Vallejo City Unified district, located in a high-need community where the vast majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, ranking in the bottom 1% of all California elementary schools. Proficiency rates in English, math, and science are substantially below both district and state averages, and chronic absenteeism—students missing a large portion of the school year—is alarmingly high at 45.7%, more than double the state average. This attendance issue likely compounds learning difficulties. Despite receiving over $20,000 in funding per student, which is relatively high compared to some nearby schools, these resources have not translated into stronger academic outcomes.

Interesting comparisons can be made with other local schools, particularly Cave Language Academy, located less than a mile away. Cave serves a similar community but achieves dramatically better results, ranking in the 63rd percentile statewide with much higher test scores and a much lower chronic absenteeism rate. This contrast shows that different school-level approaches can lead to different outcomes in the same area. Other nearby schools like Joseph H. Wardlaw Elementary and Caliber: ChangeMakers Academy also perform better, indicating that Highland's struggles are not necessarily the norm for the Vallejo area.

510

Students ?

26.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,906

Per pupil spending ?

86.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1309 Ensign Ave.
Vallejo, CA 94590-3949

(707) 556-8500

District: Vallejo City Unified

Students who attend Highland Elementary usually attend:

High:

Vallejo High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

65.5%

African American:

18.4%

White:

5.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 9th percentile in 2013 → 1st in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (9% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (46% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school9%

District avg21%

California avg41%

5,786^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 1%▼ down 21 pts since 2015

From bottom 22% (2015) to bottom 1% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

14^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	6.8	5786 of 5857	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.2	5803 of 5869	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.6	5668 of 5859	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.6	5689 of 5883	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.8	4917 of 5789	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.3	4295 of 5662	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	13.8	5209 of 5692	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	19.6	4660 of 5614	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.4	4383 of 5611	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	15.4	5024 of 5530	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	34.1	3655 of 5390	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2011	29.7	4008 of 5377	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	31.7	3728 of 5314	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	27.9	3857 of 5193	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	10.4	4905 of 5113	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	19.5	4336 of 5113	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	12.5	4511 of 4818	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	21.3	3874 of 4822	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	15.2	4333 of 4809	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.3	501 of 569	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.5	571 of 593	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.8	540 of 661	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.7	567 of 663	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.6	387 of 747	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.0	381 of 700	45.6%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	23.3	2939 of 3162	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.7	2890 of 3245	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.5	2648 of 3311	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.9	2140 of 3275	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.5	1227 of 3246	62.2%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.1	5478 of 5597	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.6	5386 of 5612	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.4	5427 of 5609	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.5	5554 of 5635	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	22.4	4438 of 5492	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.8	4110 of 5413	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	8.3	5040 of 5107	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.6	5039 of 5107	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.0	4976 of 5087	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.8	4920 of 5084	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.6	3995 of 4963	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.8	3016 of 4830	37.6%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	7.4	5404 of 5460	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.2	5458 of 5517	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.8	5117 of 5363	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.8	4980 of 5264	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	27.1	4093 of 5173	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.0	3478 of 5084	31.6%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	6.3	5585 of 5628	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.4	5634 of 5643	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.1	5449 of 5638	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.1	5365 of 5663	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.1	4974 of 5510	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	24.0	4190 of 5431	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	23.6	1982 of 2420	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Special Education (2023)18th percentile+15 vs school

African American (2025)12th percentile+11 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)7th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)1st percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)1st percentile~ school

Male (2025)1st percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy12%-37 vs state

Science9%-24 vs state

Mathematics7%-30 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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
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
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
Steffan Manor Elementary	Public	K-5	815 Cedar St.	Vallejo	94591	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-8640	433	14	30.8	80.6%	18 (4.2%)	48 (11.1%)	303 (70.0%)	24 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.3%)	30 (6.9%)	19.6	4863^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	17.0%		16.2	5201^st of 5869 public elementary schools	11.4%	338	18.6		18.6	29.2	27.4	25.7				27.5	31.9	16.1	11.4				20.1	96.3						$25,236	$2,931	$22,305
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
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
Annie Pennycook Elementary	Public	K-6	3620 Fernwood Dr.	Vallejo	94591	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-8590	364	17	21.1	79.4%	22 (6.0%)	76 (20.9%)	174 (47.8%)	51 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	34 (9.3%)	12.7	5442^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	7.1%		14.7	5331^st of 5869 public elementary schools	9.2%	111	7.6		7.6	24.6	28.6	15.2				22.6	19.7	17.5	6.1				14.2	95.5			97.0	95.5		$20,182	$2,664	$17,518
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

Frequently Asked Questions about Highland Elementary

Is Highland Elementary a good school?

Highland Elementary ranks in the bottom 1.2% of California elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Highland Elementary attend?

Students who attend Highland Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Vallejo High

How many students attend Highland Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 510 students attended Highland Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Highland Elementary?

Students at Highland Elementary are 65% Hispanic, 18% African American, 6% White, 5% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

What district is Highland Elementary in?

Vallejo City Unified

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