Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336000368
Johnson Elementary School
1850 SOUTH IRVING STREET, DENVER, CO 80219 · (720) 424-6290 · Denver County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Colorado public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
256 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
21%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
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
15.5%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
20.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.5% | 20.6% |
| 2023-24 | 14.3% | 15.8% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. 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
16.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% typical for Colorado 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 Colorado'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 School
Johnson Elementary School's state test result (16.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Elementary School this school | 294 | 87.1% | 16.3% |
| Godsman Elementary School DENVER | 332 | 91.9% | 15.1% |
| Community Leadership Academy COMMERCE CITY | 316 | 85.1% | 18.7% |
| Atlas Preparatory Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 286 | 87.4% | 13.7% |
| Newlon Elementary School DENVER | 293 | 92.5% | 16.5% |
| Doull Elementary School DENVER | 381 | 85.3% | 31.3% |
Matched among Colorado 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #836 of 931 | #81 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #703 of 940 ▲ 72 | #57 of 108 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #886 of 946 ▼ 3 | #90 of 109 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #729 of 1,056 | #90 of 114 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #466 of 896 | #59 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.7% | #872 of 896 | #98 of 107 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #72 of 983 | #28 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #276 of 664 | #27 of 63 |
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
294
+5 (+2%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 417
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 294 | 18.9 | 15.6:1 | 87% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 286 | 18.2 | 15.7:1 | 90% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 288 | 21.5 | 13.4:1 | 93% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 289 | 18 | 16.1:1 | 88% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 370 | 27.3 | 13.6:1 | 95% (352) |
| 2015-16 | 419 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 93% (391) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | 25 | 16.7:1 | 96% (400) |
| 2000-01 | 433 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 73% (318) |
| 1990-91 | 417 | 25 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (370 to 294); teachers down 31% (27.3 to 18.9).
About Johnson Elementary School
Families in DENVER, Colorado, are served by Johnson Elementary School, a small elementary school. The school's 294 students are in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 22% lower than the average for elementary schools in Colorado, which is about 379.
Denver Public Schools is made up of 198 schools with 90,471 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show Johnson Elementary School is 89% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 6% White and 2% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 61 points above the 28% share among Denver County residents. Johnson Elementary School's diversity index is 21%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 18.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.6:1. That is lower than the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 87%. For comparison, public schools in Denver County average 63%.
Johnson Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 23% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Johnson Elementary School is 2.4 points above its prediction. Actual: 16.3%. Predicted: 13.9%.
Denver County has these Census figures: the median household income is $94,718, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Denver County is home to 206 public schools and about 91,233 public school students.
Excel Academy is located about 0.2 miles from Johnson Elementary School. The five-mile area around Johnson Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 16.3%, higher than Johnson Elementary School's 16.3%.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Johnson Elementary School had 289 students in 2020-21 and 294 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Denver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,877
Census ACS
Median income
$94,718
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
206
91,233 students
Quick facts
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- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Other Johnson Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 16 states are named Johnson Elementary. Johnson Elementary School is the 19th largest of the 24.
- Johnson Elementary SchoolMONTROSE, CO · 531 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolFORT COLLINS, CO · 348 students
- Johnson ElementaryEl Cajon, CA · 766 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolBridgeport, WV · 742 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolFORNEY, TX · 655 students
Nearby schools
- Excel Academy0.2 mi · 227
- Respect Academy0.5 mi · 99
- Compass Academy0.5 mi · 200
- Abraham Lincoln High School0.5 mi · 965
- Charles M. Schenck (CMS) Community School0.7 mi · 339
- Rocky Mountain Prep Federal0.7 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About Johnson Elementary SchoolHow large is Johnson Elementary School?
Johnson Elementary School enrolls approximately 294 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Johnson Elementary School serve?
Johnson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Johnson Elementary School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Johnson Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Johnson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Johnson Elementary School are roughly 6% White, 89% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Johnson Elementary School public or private?
Johnson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Denver Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.