Johnson Elementary School

Johnson Elementary School is a compact elementary-level community in DENVER, Colorado, part of School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. The school teaches 294 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 22% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Within School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, which oversees 198 schools and 90,471 students, Johnson Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Johnson Elementary School reports that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 6% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Johnson Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 87% of students at Johnson Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Denver County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Johnson Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 13.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.3%.

Around the school, census data for Denver County shows the typical household earns roughly $94,718 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Johnson Elementary School is one of 206 public schools in Denver County (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students).

Nearest neighbor: Excel Academy, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Johnson Elementary School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 16.3%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 370 students in 2018 compared to 294 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 85% to 89%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Johnson Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.