Enrollment
211
Elementary
STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOHNSTONVILLE ELEMENTARY·NCES 061905002304
Johnstonville Elementary
704-795 Bangham Ln., Susanville, CA 96130 · (530) 257-2471 · Lassen County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL211 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
21.1:1
10 FTE teachers
STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
115 students
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 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 16 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 119% larger than its 8th grade class (16).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
41.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.1pp since 2014
Math
29.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.4% | 21.8% | 28.2% | 30.6% |
| Math | 16.9% | 12.9% | 34.7% | 35.5% |
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 | 41.1% | 29.8% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 26.7% |
| 2022-23 | 34.7% | 34.7% |
| 2021-22 | 48.3% | 41.2% |
| 2020-21 | 49.1% | 33.0% |
| 2018-19 | 54.1% | 37.4% |
| 2017-18 | 42.5% | 29.1% |
| 2016-17 | 37.3% | 16.9% |
| 2015-16 | 45.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% 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 Johnstonville Elementary
Johnstonville Elementary's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnstonville Elementary this school | 211 | 54.5% | 32.5% |
| Hydesville Elementary Hydesville | 220 | 51.8% | 48.6% |
| Georgetown Elementary Georgetown | 229 | 52.0% | 28.2% |
| Williams Ranch Elementary Penn Valley | 247 | 56.7% | 65.2% |
| Twin Ridges Home Study Charter Nevada City | 208 | 48.1% | 32.0% |
| Coastal Grove Charter Arcata | 235 | 60.9% | N/A |
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 Johnstonville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Lassen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #3,219 of 5,151 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #3,237 of 5,172 ▲ 187 | #3 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #2,806 of 5,172 ▲ 601 | #3 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.3pp | #160 of 5,116 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 211 | #5,310 of 5,915 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,564 of 5,352 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.4% | #3,590 of 5,354 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.5% | #3,718 of 5,625 | #5 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
211
+33 (+19%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 275
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 211 | 10 | 21.1:1 | 55% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 198 | 8.6 | 23.0:1 | 54% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 198 | 8 | 24.8:1 | 57% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 178 | 9 | 19.8:1 | 47% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 199 | 9 | 22.1:1 | 49% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 204 | 10 | 20.4:1 | 42% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 210 | N/A | N/A | 48% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 242 | 11 | 22.0:1 | 38% (91) |
| 1990-91 | 275 | 10 | 27.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnstonville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (199 to 211); teachers up 11% (9 to 10).
About Johnstonville Elementary
Johnstonville Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school that serves part of Susanville, California. It teaches 211 students in kindergarten through 8. It has 55% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Johnstonville Elementary is its own local education agency in federal data.
About 77% of the student body at Johnstonville Elementary is White. Other groups include 17% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lassen County residents are about 67% White. A diversity index of 37% means there is a 37% chance two randomly chosen students at Johnstonville Elementary are from different groups.
The school has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 21.1 students per teacher. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. The school reported 55% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is in line with the 56% average for public schools in Lassen County.
Johnstonville Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 16% of California public elementary schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Johnstonville Elementary is among the bottom 10% of schools in California. Predicted: 47.6%. Actual: 32.5%.
Lassen County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $67,403, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 25 public schools in the county, enrolling about 3,757, Johnstonville Elementary among them.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Lassen County Special Education, is the closest to Johnstonville Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 32.5% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 4 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Johnstonville Elementary is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 19%. The ratio was 19.8:1 in 2020-21 and 21.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Lassen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,356
Census ACS
Median income
$67,403
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
3,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Susanville
- Lassen HighHigh · 816 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 378 students
- Meadow ViewElementary · 318 students
- Diamond View MiddleMiddle · 288 students
- Richmond ElementaryElementary · 192 students
- Thompson Peak CharterCombined · 151 students
Nearby schools
- Lassen County Special Education0.7 mi · 6
- Richmond Elementary2.8 mi · 192
- McKinley Elementary3.7 mi · 378
- Lassen Community Day4.0 mi · 5
- Diamond View Middle4.2 mi · 288
- Lassen High4.2 mi · 816
Frequently asked questions
About Johnstonville ElementaryHow large is Johnstonville Elementary?
Johnstonville Elementary enrolls approximately 211 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Johnstonville Elementary serve?
Johnstonville Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Johnstonville Elementary?
Approximately 21.1:1 students per teacher at Johnstonville Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Johnstonville Elementary?
At Johnstonville Elementary, the student body is approximately 77% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Johnstonville Elementary public or private?
Johnstonville Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Johnstonville Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.