Johnston Elementary School

Johnston Elementary School is one of the medium-sized elementary campuss in Woodstock, Georgia, run under Cherokee County, with 543 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Cherokee County runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 42,031 students. Johnston Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Johnston Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 27% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 5% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Johnston Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Johnston Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Johnston Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.6%; this one delivers 52.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cherokee County put median household income runs about $108,115, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Cherokee County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,642 students), of which Johnston Elementary School is one.

Mill Creek Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Johnston Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 58.5%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 619 students in 2018 compared to 543 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 68% to 55% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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