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What's one thing Johnson Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTROSE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-1J·NCES 080579000990
Johnson Elementary School
13820 6700 ROAD, MONTROSE, CO 81401 · (970) 249-2584 · Montrose County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Colorado 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.
- CBeats 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
19.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
356 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
24.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -5.4pp since 2023
Math
14.8%
CO avg 36.1% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.4% | 14.8% |
| 2023-24 | 29.8% | 18.3% |
% 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
22.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 (22.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Elementary School this school | 531 | 67.0% | 22.8% |
| Thomson Primary School BRUSH | 452 | 66.8% | N/A |
| Stevens Elementary School WHEAT RIDGE | 469 | 65.9% | 19.9% |
| Olathe Elementary School OLATHE | 424 | 68.6% | 26.4% |
| Liberty Point Elementary School PUEBLO WEST | 451 | 65.2% | 28.6% |
| Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball LOVELAND | 536 | 62.7% | 18.3% |
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 Montrose County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #718 of 931 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #808 of 940 ▼ 71 | #7 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #749 of 946 ▼ 96 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #186 of 1,056 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #852 of 896 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.3% | #379 of 896 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.0% | #292 of 983 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #598 of 664 | #7 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
531
+57 (+12%) vs 2020
+74% since 1990-91, when it was 306
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 531 | 27.3 | 19.4:1 | 67% (356) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 28.3 | 18.7:1 | 73% (384) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 26.4 | 20.0:1 | 63% (332) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 65% (307) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 31.8 | 17.3:1 | 57% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 537 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 67% (358) |
| 2010-11 | 562 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 64% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 319 | 20 | 15.9:1 | 45% (143) |
| 1990-91 | 306 | 16 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (551 to 531); teachers down 14% (31.8 to 27.3).
About Johnson Elementary School
Johnson Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in MONTROSE, Colorado. It serves 531 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students.
Montrose County School District Re-1J has 15 schools; together they serve 5,977 students.
A majority of students at Johnson Elementary School, 53%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 44% White and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Montrose County, the Hispanic share is about 22%. The chance that two students picked at random at Johnson Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 52%.
Its 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 19.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 67% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 56% average for public schools in Montrose County is 11 points.
Johnson Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 18% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Johnson Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.8% and a predicted 26.1%.
In the county around the school, Montrose County, median household income is about $72,120, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Johnson Elementary School is among the 19 public schools in Montrose County.
Centennial Middle School is the public school closest to Johnson Elementary School, about 1.7 miles away. Johnson Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 29.4% on proficiency, and Johnson Elementary School is below that at 22.8%.
NCES assigns Johnson Elementary School the locale Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Johnson Elementary School went from 474 students to 531. The ratio was 16.3:1 in 2020-21 and 19.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Montrose County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,807
Census ACS
Median income
$72,120
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
6,237 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montrose County School District Re-1J
- Montrose High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 540 students
- Olathe Middle/High SchoolHigh · 499 students
- Columbine Middle SchoolMiddle · 491 students
- Olathe Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
Other schools in MONTROSE
- Montrose High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 540 students
- Columbine Middle SchoolMiddle · 491 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Pomona Elementary SchoolElementary · 335 students
Other Johnson Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 16 states are named Johnson Elementary. Johnson Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 24.
- Johnson Elementary SchoolFORT COLLINS, CO · 348 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 294 students
- Johnson ElementaryEl Cajon, CA · 766 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolBridgeport, WV · 742 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolFORNEY, TX · 655 students
Nearby schools
- Centennial Middle School1.7 mi · 540
- Columbine Middle School2.0 mi · 491
- Pomona Elementary School2.2 mi · 335
- Vista Charter School2.3 mi · 188
- Montrose High School2.4 mi · 1,279
- Peak Virtual Academy2.4 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About Johnson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Johnson Elementary School?
Johnson Elementary School enrolls approximately 531 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 teachers does Johnson Elementary School have?
Johnson Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Johnson Elementary School?
At Johnson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 53% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is Johnson Elementary School in?
Johnson Elementary School is part of Montrose County School District Re-1J.
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