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Enrollment
510
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 064074006728
Highland Elementary
1309 Ensign Ave., Vallejo, CA 94590 · (707) 556-8500 · Solano County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
443 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
12.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.0pp since 2014
Math
7.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -15.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.2% | 7.8% | 18.7% | 69.4% |
| Math | 2.1% | 4.9% | 15.0% | 78.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.0% | 7.0% |
| 2023-24 | 11.2% | 5.3% |
| 2022-23 | 15.8% | 7.7% |
| 2021-22 | 12.2% | 8.2% |
| 2018-19 | 30.8% | 23.6% |
| 2017-18 | 34.8% | 24.3% |
| 2016-17 | 21.1% | 16.7% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 22.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 29% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Highland Elementary
Highland Elementary's state test result (9.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Elementary this school | 510 | 86.9% | 9.1% |
| Seneca Elementary Moreno Valley | 472 | 87.9% | 29.6% |
| Quail Valley Elementary Palmdale | 503 | 86.5% | 22.3% |
| TEAM Charter Stockton | 511 | 85.7% | N/A |
| Cleo Gordon Elementary Fairfield | 464 | 90.5% | 17.6% |
| Van Buren Elementary Stockton | 473 | 91.3% | 16.2% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Highland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Solano County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #5,113 of 5,151 | #55 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.0% | #5,131 of 5,172 ▲ 22 | #55 of 55 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #5,115 of 5,172 ▲ 6 | #55 of 55 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #1,585 of 5,116 | #27 of 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #2,313 of 5,915 | #30 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.7:1 | #5,050 of 5,352 | #51 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.8% | #2,542 of 5,354 | #49 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.9% | #1,486 of 5,625 | #5 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #1,951 of 3,837 | #21 of 34 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
510
+19 (+4%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 809
Student : Teacher
26.7:1
was 28.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 510 | 19.1 | 26.7:1 | 87% (443) |
| 2023-24 | 491 | 18.4 | 26.7:1 | 87% (425) |
| 2022-23 | 496 | 18.1 | 27.3:1 | 76% (378) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 17 | 28.9:1 | 85% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 605 | 24 | 25.2:1 | 85% (514) |
| 2015-16 | 671 | 26 | 25.8:1 | 88% (589) |
| 2010-11 | 638 | N/A | N/A | 84% (539) |
| 2000-01 | 768 | 35 | 21.9:1 | 63% (480) |
| 1990-91 | 809 | 30 | 27.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (605 to 510); teachers down 20% (24 to 19.1).
About Highland Elementary
Highland Elementary is one of the public schools in Vallejo, California. It is a mid-sized elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 510 students.
Vallejo City Unified, which runs Highland Elementary, has 20 schools and 9,638 students.
The student body at Highland Elementary is 65% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 18% Black, 6% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Solano County, the Hispanic share is about 30%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
For every teacher at Highland Elementary, there are about 26.7 students; the school has 19.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 87%. Across public schools in Solano County, the average is 60%.
Highland Elementary is a bottom-10% school in California on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 9.1% against a predicted 28.6%.
In Solano County, median household income comes to about $100,401, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 110, with about 60,765 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Vallejo Adult Transition, is about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 25.0%; Highland Elementary's is 9.1%, ranking 6th of 6.
The federal government classifies Highland Elementary's location as City: Mid-size.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 510, from 491 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (26.7:1) than in 2020-21 (28.9:1).
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Solano County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
451,918
Census ACS
Median income
$100,401
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
60,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vallejo City Unified
- Jesse M. Bethel HighHigh · 1,418 students
- Vallejo HighHigh · 1,146 students
- Hogan MiddleMiddle · 785 students
- Joseph H. Wardlaw ElementaryElementary · 676 students
- Solano Widenmann Leadership AcademyElementary · 615 students
- Cave Language AcademyElementary · 505 students
Other schools in Vallejo
- Jesse M. Bethel HighHigh · 1,418 students
- Vallejo HighHigh · 1,146 students
- Caliber: ChangeMakers AcademyElementary · 975 students
- Hogan MiddleMiddle · 785 students
- Joseph H. Wardlaw ElementaryElementary · 676 students
- Solano Widenmann Leadership AcademyElementary · 615 students
Other Highland Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 26 states are named Highland Elementary. Highland Elementary is the 19th largest of the 56.
- Highland ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 778 students
- Highland ElementaryNorco, CA · 573 students
- Highland ElementaryVisalia, CA · 438 students
- Highland ElementaryRichmond, CA · 377 students
- Highland ElementaryInglewood, CA · 323 students
Nearby schools
- Vallejo Adult Transition0.6 mi · 47
- John Finney High (Continuation)0.6 mi · 141
- Vallejo High0.6 mi · 1,146
- Cave Language Academy0.8 mi · 505
- Johnston Cooper Elementary0.9 mi · 335
- Caliber: ChangeMakers Academy1.0 mi · 975
Frequently asked questions
About Highland ElementaryHow large is Highland Elementary?
Highland Elementary enrolls approximately 510 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Highland Elementary serve?
Highland Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Highland Elementary?
Approximately 26.7:1 students per teacher at Highland Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Highland Elementary?
At Highland Elementary, the student body is approximately 6% White, 65% Hispanic, 18% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Highland Elementary public or private?
Highland Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Vallejo City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.