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What's the most underrated thing about Johnson Park Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 402 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARYSVILLE JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 062409003628
Johnson Park Elementary
4364 Lever Ave., Olivehurst, CA 95961 · (530) 743-6133 · Yuba County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
368 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 37% larger than its 6th grade class (62).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
29.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.5pp since 2014
Math
22.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 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 down about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.7% | 20.9% | 20.1% | 50.4% |
| Math | 5.5% | 16.5% | 28.2% | 49.8% |
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 | 29.5% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.8% | 17.4% |
| 2022-23 | 26.5% | 19.1% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 18.3% |
| 2020-21 | 21.4% | 12.3% |
| 2018-19 | 30.0% | 22.8% |
| 2017-18 | 30.4% | 22.9% |
| 2016-17 | 32.8% | 25.1% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
24.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 Johnson Park Elementary
Johnson Park Elementary's state test result (24.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Park Elementary this school | 456 | 80.7% | 24.1% |
| Christine Sipherd Elementary Modesto | 505 | 82.4% | 34.7% |
| Westmont Elementary Westminster | 441 | 81.2% | 36.0% |
| Sierra Vista Elementary Clovis | 465 | 84.9% | 32.2% |
| Elihu Beard Elementary Modesto | 467 | 80.3% | 29.9% |
| McCardle Elementary Fresno | 463 | 76.9% | 34.5% |
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 Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Yuba County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #4,180 of 5,151 | #11 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #4,108 of 5,172 ▲ 343 | #11 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #4,033 of 5,172 ▲ 103 | #11 of 15 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.1pp | #2,980 of 5,116 | #6 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #2,949 of 5,915 | #11 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,762 of 5,352 | #10 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #1,475 of 5,354 | #8 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.7% | #2,127 of 5,625 | #5 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.9% | #362 of 1,139 | #6 of 7 |
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
456
+48 (+12%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 327
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 27.2:1
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 | 456 | 19 | 24.0:1 | 81% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 19 | 23.9:1 | 72% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 17 | 25.0:1 | 80% (340) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 15 | 27.2:1 | 76% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 13.8 | 28.8:1 | 85% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 14 | 26.3:1 | 90% (333) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | N/A | N/A | 88% (322) |
| 2000-01 | 302 | 14 | 21.6:1 | 80% (241) |
| 1990-91 | 327 | 12 | 27.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnson Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (397 to 456); teachers up 38% (13.8 to 19).
About Johnson Park Elementary
Federal records list Johnson Park Elementary as an elementary school in Olivehurst, California. The school teaches kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 456 students.
In Marysville Joint Unified, 23 schools enroll a combined 10,418 students.
The student body at Johnson Park Elementary is 55% Hispanic. The school is also 20% White, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 5% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 31%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 24.0:1. The school has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. In all, 81% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 68% average among public schools in Yuba County.
In California, Johnson Park Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 24.1% actual against a predicted 32.3%.
For Yuba County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $76,373, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 41 public schools and about 16,045 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Lindhurst High, is about 0.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Johnson Park Elementary is 4th on average proficiency.
Johnson Park Elementary is coded as Suburb: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 48 students, from 408 to 456. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 27.2:1 to 24.0:1.
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Yuba County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
84,507
Census ACS
Median income
$76,373
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
16,045 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marysville Joint Unified
- Lindhurst HighHigh · 1,254 students
- Marysville HighHigh · 1,034 students
- Yuba Gardens IntermediateMiddle · 761 students
- Arboga ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Kynoch ElementaryElementary · 678 students
- Linda ElementaryElementary · 613 students
Other schools in Olivehurst
- Lindhurst HighHigh · 1,254 students
- Yuba Gardens IntermediateMiddle · 761 students
- Arboga ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Cedar Lane ElementaryElementary · 554 students
- Ella ElementaryElementary · 554 students
- Olivehurst ElementaryElementary · 489 students
Nearby schools
- Lindhurst High0.2 mi · 1,254
- South Lindhurst Continuation High0.3 mi · 245
- Yuba Gardens Intermediate0.6 mi · 761
- Olivehurst Elementary0.8 mi · 489
- Ella Elementary1.3 mi · 554
- Arboga Elementary2.3 mi · 746
Frequently asked questions
About Johnson Park ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Johnson Park Elementary?
Johnson Park Elementary enrolls approximately 456 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Johnson Park Elementary serve?
Johnson Park Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Johnson Park Elementary have?
Johnson Park Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Johnson Park Elementary?
At Johnson Park Elementary, the student body is approximately 20% White, 55% Hispanic, 5% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Johnson Park Elementary public or private?
Johnson Park Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Marysville Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.