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Enrollment
766
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAJON VALLEY UNION·NCES 060681000617
Johnson Elementary
500 West Madison, El Cajon, CA 92020 · (619) 588-3139 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL766 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
728 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 172 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 139 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (172) is 54% larger than its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
27.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.2pp since 2014
Math
22.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.7% | 19.6% | 22.6% | 50.1% |
| Math | 5.9% | 16.6% | 23.9% | 53.6% |
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 | 27.2% | 22.5% |
| 2023-24 | 23.9% | 20.8% |
| 2022-23 | 20.6% | 14.9% |
| 2021-22 | 19.8% | 11.8% |
| 2018-19 | 23.9% | 20.6% |
| 2017-18 | 20.8% | 13.7% |
| 2016-17 | 13.2% | 10.6% |
| 2015-16 | 18.0% | 12.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
23.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Johnson Elementary
Johnson Elementary's state test result (23.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Elementary this school | 766 | 95.0% | 23.6% |
| Magnolia Elementary El Cajon | 703 | 91.0% | 9.1% |
| Ridgepoint TK-8 Sacramento | 650 | 86.9% | 44.6% |
| Chase Avenue Elementary El Cajon | 757 | 94.6% | 10.7% |
| Madison Elementary North Highlands | 754 | 94.0% | 25.7% |
| Pioneer TK-8 Sacramento | 648 | 86.6% | 42.5% |
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 Johnson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #4,235 of 5,151 | #341 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #4,049 of 5,172 ▲ 37 | #327 of 393 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #4,247 of 5,172 ▲ 164 | #343 of 393 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #750 of 5,116 | #45 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 766 | #479 of 5,915 | #36 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.7:1 | #4,251 of 5,352 | #323 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #570 of 5,354 | #46 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #442 of 5,625 | #16 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.2% | #439 of 1,139 | #32 of 97 |
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
766
+76 (+11%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 714
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 766 | 31 | 24.7:1 | 95% (728) |
| 2023-24 | 757 | 30 | 25.2:1 | 94% (709) |
| 2022-23 | 704 | 27 | 26.1:1 | 89% (629) |
| 2020-21 | 690 | 27 | 25.6:1 | 94% (651) |
| 2017-18 | 683 | 27 | 25.3:1 | 91% (622) |
| 2015-16 | 612 | 25 | 24.5:1 | 96% (590) |
| 2010-11 | 644 | N/A | N/A | 85% (550) |
| 2000-01 | 762 | 38 | 20.1:1 | 80% (608) |
| 1990-91 | 714 | 29 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (683 to 766); teachers up 15% (27 to 31).
About Johnson Elementary
The public elementary school Johnson Elementary is located in El Cajon, California. It educates 766 students in kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Johnson Elementary belongs to Cajon Valley Union, a district of 25 schools and 15,974 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Johnson Elementary. The largest is Hispanic students, at 44%. Next come 24% White, 17% Asian, 13% Black, and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 35% Hispanic among all San Diego County residents. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 24.7 students per teacher. That is 2.4 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 95% of students. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County is 41 points.
The allk12 Grade for Johnson Elementary is C. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 33% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Johnson Elementary scores 23.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 23.9%.
San Diego County has about 3,288,774 residents, and the median household income is $106,268, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, San Diego County has 766 public schools and roughly 467,437 students.
Altus Schools East County is the public school closest to Johnson Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Johnson Elementary at 2nd of 5.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 11% from 2020-21, when Johnson Elementary had 690 students, to 2024-25, when it had 766.
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San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cajon Valley Union
- Hillsdale MiddleMiddle · 1,481 students
- Naranca ElementaryElementary · 985 students
- Cajon Valley MiddleMiddle · 942 students
- Montgomery MiddleMiddle · 929 students
- Lexington ElementaryElementary · 878 students
- Chase Avenue ElementaryElementary · 757 students
Other schools in El Cajon
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 2,331 students
- Literacy First CharterCombined · 2,160 students
- Valhalla HighHigh · 1,728 students
- El Cajon Valley HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Hillsdale MiddleMiddle · 1,481 students
- Bostonia GlobalCombined · 1,266 students
Other Johnson Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 16 states are named Johnson Elementary. Johnson Elementary is the largest of the 24.
- Johnson ElementarySan Diego, CA · 283 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolBridgeport, WV · 742 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolFORNEY, TX · 655 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolHUMBLE, TX · 565 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 562 students
Nearby schools
- Altus Schools East County0.5 mi · 287
- Cajon Valley Middle0.8 mi · 942
- Empower0.9 mi · 21
- Flying Hills School of Arts1.1 mi · 742
- EJE Middle Academy1.1 mi · 254
- EJE Elementary Academy Charter1.1 mi · 582
Frequently asked questions
About Johnson ElementaryHow many students attend Johnson Elementary?
Johnson Elementary enrolls approximately 766 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Johnson Elementary serve?
Johnson Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Johnson Elementary have?
Johnson Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Johnson Elementary?
Student demographics at Johnson Elementary are roughly 24% White, 44% Hispanic, 13% Black, 17% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Johnson Elementary public or private?
Johnson Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cajon Valley Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.