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What advice would you give to incoming students at Johnston Elementary School?
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Enrollment
543
Elementary
DISTRICT 811 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE COUNTY·NCES 130111001878
Johnston Elementary School
2031 E Cherokee Dr, Woodstock, GA 30188 · (770) 721-8461 · Cherokee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
239 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 74%
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 | 58 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 71% · 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
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
52.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.7pp since 2021
Math
52.8%
GA avg 44.6% . -5.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.5% | 52.8% |
| 2023-24 | 56.3% | 53.1% |
| 2022-23 | 51.6% | 50.4% |
| 2021-22 | 48.8% | 58.7% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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 Johnston Elementary School
Johnston Elementary School's state test result (52.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnston Elementary School this school | 543 | 44.0% | 52.0% |
| Bramlett Elementary School Auburn | 654 | 51.2% | 40.1% |
| Nicholson Elementary School Marietta | 413 | 44.6% | 51.9% |
| Richmond Hill Elementary School Richmond Hill | 662 | 42.4% | 50.7% |
| Boston Elementary School Woodstock | 651 | 39.5% | 45.9% |
| Huddleston Elementary School Peachtree City | 616 | 33.4% | 61.8% |
Matched among Georgia 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 Johnston Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cherokee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #311 of 1,208 | #14 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #351 of 1,215 ▲ 13 | #17 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #236 of 1,215 ▼ 13 | #9 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #346 of 1,183 | #11 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #760 of 1,324 | #20 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #1,272 of 1,301 | #24 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #430 of 1,301 | #7 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.0% | #1,089 of 1,312 | #7 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #456 of 854 | #5 of 11 |
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
543
+18 (+3%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 1,111
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 543 | 32 | 17.0:1 | 44% (239) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 34.8 | 14.2:1 | 41% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 34 | 13.9:1 | 36% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 32% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 619 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 37% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 627 | 38 | 16.5:1 | 37% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 903 | 55 | 16.4:1 | 28% (254) |
| 2000-01 | 887 | 53 | 16.7:1 | 19% (166) |
| 1990-91 | 1,111 | 55 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnston Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (619 to 543); teachers down 20% (40 to 32).
About Johnston Elementary School
Johnston Elementary School is an elementary school in Woodstock, Georgia, and it is part of Cherokee County. The school serves 543 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Cherokee County is responsible for 37 schools, Johnston Elementary School included, with 42,031 students in all.
Johnston Elementary School is 55% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 27% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, and 5% Asian. County-wide, 76% of Cherokee County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 32 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.0:1. That is higher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 44%.
allk12 grades Johnston Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Johnston Elementary School is 54.6%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 52.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cherokee County show that the median household income is $108,115, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Johnston Elementary School is one of 38 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Mill Creek Middle School is about 1.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Johnston Elementary School's average proficiency of 52.0% compares with 58.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Johnston Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 3% enrollment rise, from 525 in 2020-21 to 543 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.6:1 in 2020-21 to 17.0:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Johnston Elementary School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cherokee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
281,032
Census ACS
Median income
$108,115
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
42,642 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherokee County
- Cherokee High SchoolHigh · 3,012 students
- Etowah High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Sequoyah High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Woodstock High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,902 students
Other schools in Woodstock
- Etowah High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Woodstock High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,902 students
- E. T. Booth Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,675 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,476 students
- Little River Elem.Elementary · 1,232 students
Other Johnston Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Johnston Elementary. Johnston Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Johnston Elementary SchoolIRVING, TX · 725 students
- Johnston ElementaryAppleton, WI · 286 students
- Johnston ElementaryJohnston, SC · 276 students
- Johnston ElementaryAsheville, NC · 217 students
- Johnston Elementary SchoolHopkinton, IA · 94 students
Nearby schools
- Mill Creek Middle School1.3 mi · 1,476
- River Ridge High School1.3 mi · 1,902
- Little River Elem.2.1 mi · 1,232
- Woodstock Elementary School2.2 mi · 1,187
- Holly Springs Elementary School3.1 mi · 831
- Cherokee Charter Academy3.1 mi · 611
Frequently asked questions
About Johnston Elementary SchoolHow large is Johnston Elementary School?
Johnston Elementary School enrolls approximately 543 students in grades PK-05.
Is Johnston Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Johnston Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Johnston Elementary School?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at Johnston Elementary School.
How diverse is Johnston Elementary School?
Johnston Elementary School reports a student body of 55% White, 27% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Johnston Elementary School public or private?
Johnston Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cherokee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.