Enrollment
335
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 064074006720
Johnston Cooper Elementary
612 Del Mar Ave., Vallejo, CA 94589 · (707) 556-8420 · Solano County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL335 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
34.0:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
270 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
63%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Johnston Cooper Elementary→Hogan Middle
Based on grade levels within Vallejo City Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
19.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.1pp since 2014
Math
19.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.6% | 14.4% | 22.7% | 58.3% |
| Math | 5.7% | 13.5% | 23.8% | 57.0% |
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 | 19.1% | 19.2% |
| 2023-24 | 18.6% | 14.8% |
| 2022-23 | 22.2% | 15.8% |
| 2021-22 | 19.3% | 14.5% |
| 2018-19 | 21.8% | 16.3% |
| 2017-18 | 17.6% | 11.9% |
| 2016-17 | 19.8% | 11.0% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Johnston Cooper Elementary
Johnston Cooper Elementary's state test result (18.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnston Cooper Elementary this school | 335 | 80.6% | 18.0% |
| Barton Elementary Long Beach | 418 | 79.7% | 28.4% |
| Annie Pennycook Elementary Vallejo | 364 | 79.4% | 17.9% |
| Aspire APEX Academy Stockton | 376 | 78.5% | N/A |
| Vallejo Charter Vallejo | 350 | 72.3% | 17.6% |
| Holmes Elementary Lakewood | 378 | 71.2% | 60.5% |
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 Johnston Cooper Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Solano County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #4,741 of 5,151 | #43 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #4,375 of 5,172 ▲ 320 | #37 of 55 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #4,900 of 5,172 ▼ 63 | #51 of 55 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.2pp | #2,592 of 5,116 | #19 of 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 335 | #4,425 of 5,915 | #56 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 34.0:1 | #5,343 of 5,352 | #58 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #1,462 of 5,354 | #37 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.6% | #2,139 of 5,625 | #14 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.6% | #315 of 3,837 | #4 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
335
-94 (-22%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 839
Student : Teacher
34.0:1
was 28.6:1
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 | 335 | 9.9 | 34.0:1 | 81% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 12 | 26.6:1 | 86% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 13.4 | 29.3:1 | 77% (302) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 15 | 28.6:1 | 80% (343) |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 17 | 30.1:1 | 84% (429) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 19 | 30.0:1 | 81% (464) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | N/A | N/A | 73% (380) |
| 2000-01 | 679 | 32 | 21.2:1 | 52% (351) |
| 1990-91 | 839 | 31 | 27.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnston Cooper Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (512 to 335); teachers down 42% (17 to 9.9).
About Johnston Cooper Elementary
At 612 Del Mar Ave. in Vallejo, California, Johnston Cooper Elementary operates as a small elementary school. Enrollment stands at 335 students, covering kindergarten through 5. It has 28% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
District-wide, Vallejo City Unified has 20 schools and 9,638 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Johnston Cooper Elementary is 53%, a majority. Smaller groups are 24% Black, 11% Asian, and 9% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Solano County is roughly 30% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
For every teacher at Johnston Cooper Elementary, there are about 34.0 students; the school has 9.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 81%. It compares with 60% for public schools in Solano County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Johnston Cooper Elementary, the prediction is 32.3% and the result is 18.0%.
In Solano County, median household income comes to about $100,401, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Solano County counts 110 public schools with about 60,765 students.
Johnston Cooper Elementary is about 0.7 miles from Griffin Academy High, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 22% drop, from 429 to 335. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 28.6:1 in 2020-21 to 34.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- Highland ElementaryElementary · 510 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
Nearby schools
- Griffin Academy High0.7 mi · 186
- MIT Griffin Academy Middle0.7 mi · 111
- Caliber: ChangeMakers Academy0.8 mi · 975
- Vallejo High0.8 mi · 1,146
- Highland Elementary0.9 mi · 510
- Vallejo Adult Transition1.0 mi · 47
Frequently asked questions
About Johnston Cooper ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Johnston Cooper Elementary?
Johnston Cooper Elementary enrolls approximately 335 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Johnston Cooper Elementary serve?
Johnston Cooper Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Johnston Cooper Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Johnston Cooper Elementary is approximately 34.0:1 (10 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Johnston Cooper Elementary?
Johnston Cooper Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 53% Hispanic, 24% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Johnston Cooper Elementary?
Johnston Cooper Elementary is overseen by Vallejo City Unified in Solano County.
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