Johnson Elementary

Johnson Elementary operates as a mid-sized K-5 school in Rome, Georgia, one of the schools within Floyd County. Current enrollment sits at 518 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

Floyd County runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 8,949 students. Johnson Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Johnson Elementary lists that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 6% Black, 6% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 43% of students at Johnson Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Floyd County's rate of about 75%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Johnson Elementary sits in the top 10% of Georgia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 54.9%; actual is 80.6%, +25.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Floyd County reports that median household income runs about $65,565, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Floyd County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,383 students), Johnson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Model Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Johnson Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Johnson Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 39.4%.

Johnson Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 551 students in 2018 compared to 518 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Johnson Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.