Johnson Elementary School

As a moderately sized K-5 school in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, Johnson Elementary School enrolls 425 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Fort Thomas Independent.

Johnson Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Fort Thomas Independent, a district that enrolls 3,170 students overall.

On demographics, Johnson Elementary School records that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Johnson Elementary School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 6% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Campbell County's rate of about 44%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Johnson Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Campbell County) records that median household earnings sit near $77,567, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Campbell County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,168 students), Johnson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Highlands Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Johnson Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Johnson Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 51.3%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Johnson Elementary School has contracted 7%, going from 455 students in 2018 to 425 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Johnson Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.