Johnsville Elementary

Johnsville Elementary is one of the expansive K-5 schools in BLAINE, Minnesota, operated by Anoka-Hennepin School District, with 644 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 87% larger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Anoka-Hennepin School District runs 53 schools in total, collectively educating 38,746 students. Johnsville Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Johnsville Elementary shows that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 19% Black, 10% multiracial, 8% Asian, 6% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 43% of students at Johnsville Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Johnsville Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.8%; this one delivers 49.8%.

In the broader community, Anoka County reports that median household income runs about $101,869, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Johnsville Elementary is one of 145 public schools in Anoka County (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students).

The closest other public school is Anthony Louis House, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Johnsville Elementary comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 23%: 834 students in 2018 compared to 644 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 57% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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