Johnson Elementary School

Set in Scottsburg, Indiana, Johnson Elementary School is a small K-5 school, overseen by Scott County School District 2. It educates 219 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 50% leaner than the state mean of about 436.

Scott County School District 2 runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,643 students. Johnson Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Johnson Elementary School records that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Scott County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Johnson Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at Johnson Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Scott County's rate of about 53%.

After controlling for student poverty, Johnson Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 29.3%; Johnson Elementary School posts 46.3%, +16.9 points above that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Scott County put median household income runs about $56,352, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Scott County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,870 students), Johnson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Deputy Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.7 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Johnson Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 26%: 295 students in 2018 compared to 219 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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