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Enrollment
864
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150002370
H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1000 CRESTWOOD BLVD N, ROYAL PALM BEACH, FL 33411 · (561) 904-9300 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL864 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test 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 Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
276 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 116 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 153 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 134 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 147 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 139 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (139).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 70% · 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
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
71.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
71.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 71.1% |
| 2023-24 | 63.5% | 65.8% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
68.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (68.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 864 | 31.9% | 68.2% |
| WATERGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 859 | 31.3% | 53.4% |
| WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WELLINGTON | 897 | 32.6% | 69.3% |
| TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLANTATION | 791 | 31.9% | 61.8% |
| CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 785 | 32.4% | 70.3% |
| KELLY PARK SCHOOL APOPKA | 1,073 | 29.7% | 70.7% |
Matched among Florida 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 H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #523 of 2,136 | #38 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #604 of 2,149 ▲ 112 | #36 of 129 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #408 of 2,149 ▲ 176 | #26 of 129 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 864 | #353 of 2,267 | #32 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,254 of 2,077 | #100 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #213 of 2,108 | #12 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.9% | #1,770 of 2,188 | #98 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.4% | #265 of 621 | #22 of 47 |
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
864
+102 (+13%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 1,528
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 864 | 52.5 | 16.5:1 | 32% (276) |
| 2023-24 | 857 | 50.5 | 17.0:1 | 38% (323) |
| 2022-23 | 817 | 50 | 16.3:1 | 41% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 762 | 51 | 14.9:1 | 49% (377) |
| 2017-18 | 755 | 52 | 14.5:1 | 44% (333) |
| 2015-16 | 783 | 60 | 13.1:1 | 47% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 883 | 60 | 14.7:1 | 34% (299) |
| 2000-01 | 1,158 | 60 | 19.3:1 | 22% (259) |
| 1990-91 | 1,528 | 84 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Families in ROYAL PALM BEACH, Florida, are served by H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 864 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
Within PALM BEACH, H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 233 schools. The district enrolls 191,505 students.
White students account for 39% of enrollment at H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 32% Hispanic, 21% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Palm Beach County, the White share is about 53%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 70%.
H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a ratio of 16.5 students per teacher, from 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is 1.0 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 32% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Palm Beach County, the average eligibility rate is 45%.
Among Florida public elementary schools, H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 67%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 65.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 68.2%.
The school is in Palm Beach County, where median household income comes to about $83,581, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Palm Beach County counts 245 public schools with about 192,831 students.
H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 1.8 miles from ROYAL PALM BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 68.2% compares with 62.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 864 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 762. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 14.9:1 in 2020-21 to 16.5:1 in 2024-25.
The H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Palm Beach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,533,806
Census ACS
Median income
$83,581
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
192,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PALM BEACH
- JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,262 students
- JUPITER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,122 students
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,881 students
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
Other schools in ROYAL PALM BEACH
- ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,353 students
- WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLEMiddle · 1,097 students
- CRESTWOOD COMMUNITY MIDDLEMiddle · 752 students
- WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 711 students
- ROYAL PALM BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 643 students
- CYPRESS TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 533 students
Nearby schools
- ROYAL PALM BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 643
- ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 2,353
- CRESTWOOD COMMUNITY MIDDLE2.2 mi · 752
- CYPRESS TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 533
- WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE3.2 mi · 1,097
- THE LEARNING CENTER3.2 mi · 164
Frequently asked questions
About H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 864 students in grades PK-05.
Is H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 39% White, 32% Hispanic, 21% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.