Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 280219000393
Johnson Elementary School
1339 Oak Park Drive, Jackson, MS 39213 · (601) 987-3501 · Hinds County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
444 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 80%
Community
0
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 | 51 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 62% · 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
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
18.8%
MS avg 45.9% . -19.7pp since 2023
Math
17.1%
MS avg 52.8% . -5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 20 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.8% | 17.1% |
| 2023-24 | 38.5% | 22.9% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Johnson Elementary School
Johnson Elementary School's state test result (29.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Elementary School this school | 444 | 100.0% | 29.5% |
| Walton Elementary School Jackson | 457 | 100.0% | 37.7% |
| William Dean Jr Elementary School Lexington | 426 | 100.0% | 40.8% |
| Oak Forest Elementary School Jackson | 436 | 100.0% | 35.4% |
| John Hopkins Elementary School Jackson | 497 | 100.0% | 43.6% |
| Otken Elementary School MCCOMB | 458 | 100.0% | 36.1% |
Matched among Mississippi 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 Johnson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Hinds County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #398 of 428 | #23 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #422 of 439 ▼ 21 | #30 of 38 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #433 of 439 ▼ 96 | #36 of 38 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #182 of 453 | #13 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #289 of 408 | #19 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.6% | #397 of 409 | #33 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #58 of 444 | #13 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #220 of 296 | #18 of 22 |
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
444
+140 (+46%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 742
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 444 | 27.5 | 16.2:1 | 100% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 279 | 20.6 | 13.6:1 | 100% (279) |
| 2022-23 | 290 | 23.9 | 12.1:1 | 100% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 304 | 23 | 13.2:1 | 100% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 26.8 | 18.0:1 | 100% (483) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 26 | 18.9:1 | 100% (492) |
| 2010-11 | 364 | 24 | 15.2:1 | 97% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 493 | 33 | 14.9:1 | 81% (400) |
| 1990-91 | 742 | 32 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnson Elementary School.
About Johnson Elementary School
Johnson Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Jackson Public Schools in Jackson, Mississippi. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 444 students enrolled.
Jackson Public Schools has 45 schools and 19,765 students, and Johnson Elementary School is one of those schools.
Johnson Elementary School's enrollment is 98% Black. That is higher than the 72% Black share among all Hinds County residents. Johnson Elementary School's diversity index is 4%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.2 students per teacher. That matches the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. Compared with the 88% average for public schools in Hinds County, the school's rate is higher.
Johnson Elementary School is 14.6 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Mississippi.
According to the American Community Survey, in Hinds County, the median household income is $49,402, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. There are 84 public schools in Hinds County, enrolling about 32,870 students in all.
The shortest distance from Johnson Elementary School to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 29.5% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 6 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
The school's enrollment figures are 304 for 2020-21 and 444 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.2:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hinds County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
218,533
Census ACS
Median income
$49,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
32,870 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson Public Schools
- Murrah High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Forest Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,139 students
- Callaway High SchoolHigh · 994 students
- Jim Hill High SchoolHigh · 975 students
- Lanier Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 895 students
- Provine High SchoolHigh · 791 students
Other schools in Jackson
- Murrah High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Forest Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,139 students
- Callaway High SchoolHigh · 994 students
- Jim Hill High SchoolHigh · 975 students
- Lanier Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 895 students
- Provine High SchoolHigh · 791 students
Other Johnson Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 16 states are named Johnson Elementary. Johnson Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 24.
- Johnson ElementaryEl Cajon, CA · 766 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolBridgeport, WV · 742 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolFORNEY, TX · 655 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolHUMBLE, TX · 565 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 562 students
Nearby schools
- SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 222
- Walton Elementary School1.3 mi · 457
- Lanier Junior/Senior High School1.3 mi · 895
- Galloway Elementary School1.3 mi · 296
- DAWSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 194
- Powell Middle School1.4 mi · 704
Frequently asked questions
About Johnson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Johnson Elementary School?
Johnson Elementary School enrolls approximately 444 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Johnson Elementary School serve?
Johnson Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Johnson Elementary School have?
Johnson Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
How diverse is Johnson Elementary School?
Johnson Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 1% Hispanic, 98% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Johnson Elementary School in?
Johnson Elementary School is part of Jackson Public Schools.
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