Johnson Elementary School

Johnson Elementary School operates as a moderately sized primary school in MONTROSE, Colorado, run under Montrose County School District Re-1J. Current enrollment sits at 531 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 40% bigger than typical.

Montrose County School District Re-1J comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 5,977 students; Johnson Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Johnson Elementary School records that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 44% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Montrose County (around 56%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Johnson Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.1%, the actual is 22.8%, a residual of -3.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Montrose County shows median household earnings sit near $72,120, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Johnson Elementary School is one of 19 public schools in Montrose County (combined enrollment of about 6,237 students).

The closest other public school is Centennial Middle School, roughly 1.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Johnson Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.4%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Johnson Elementary School has ticked down 4%, going from 551 students in 2018 to 531 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 40% to 53%. Class-load math has rose: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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