Enrollment
167
Elementary
DISTRICT 118 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOHNSON-BROCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317233501911
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON
310 MAIN ST, JOHNSON, NE 68378 · (402) 868-5235 · Nemaha County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL167 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nebraska public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
39 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 37%
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 | 41 | 25% |
| Kindergarten | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (16) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (21).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within JOHNSON-BROCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
76.0%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
73.4%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
Source: NSCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
72.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.2%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nebraska's top nor bottom 10%.
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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON's state test result (72.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON this school | 167 | 23.4% | 72.6% |
| BURWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BURWELL | 152 | 23.7% | 72.4% |
| BLUE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BLUE HILL | 183 | 23.5% | 68.2% |
| PLEASANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLEASANTON | 200 | 24.0% | 68.7% |
| GILTNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GILTNER | 150 | 26.0% | N/A |
| ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO VALPARAISO | 149 | 21.5% | 69.4% |
Matched among Nebraska 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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #59 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #85 of 398 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #31 of 438 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 167 | #411 of 587 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.4% | #265 of 359 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #32 of 220 |
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
167
-35 (-17%) vs 2020
+1093% since 1990-91, when it was 14
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 167 | 12.1 | 13.8:1 | 23% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 189 | 11.1 | 17.1:1 | 26% (50) |
| 2022-23 | 202 | 11.9 | 17.0:1 | 25% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 202 | 11 | 18.4:1 | 33% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 218 | 12 | 18.2:1 | 32% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 202 | 12 | 16.8:1 | 35% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 138 | 9 | 15.3:1 | 30% (41) |
| 2000-01 | 12 | 1 | 12.0:1 | 50% (6) |
| 1990-91 | 14 | 1 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (218 to 167); teachers up 1% (12 to 12.1).
About ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON
Students in JOHNSON, Nebraska, attend ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON, a small elementary school. The school enrolls 167 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 272 students for elementary schools in Nebraska.
JOHNSON-BROCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS oversees ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON and 2 other schools, with 355 students in total.
Roughly 97% of students at ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 6%.
A staff of 12.1 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.8:1. Across elementary schools in Nebraska, the average ratio is 21.0:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 23%. That is 10 points below the 33% average for public schools in Nemaha County.
Among Nebraska public elementary schools, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON outscored 82%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON scores 72.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 68.2%.
In Nemaha County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $60,924 a year, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON, Nemaha County has 8 public schools.
JOHNSON - BROCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest public school to ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON is 2nd of 5 on proficiency.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON is in rural territory far from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Remote.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON had a net loss of 35 students, or 17%. The ratio was 18.4:1 in 2020-21 and 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Nemaha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,046
Census ACS
Median income
$60,924
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,374 students
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Other schools in JOHNSON-BROCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- HIGH SCHOOL AT JOHNSONHigh · 118 students
- JOHNSON - BROCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 70 students
Other schools in JOHNSON
- HIGH SCHOOL AT JOHNSONHigh · 118 students
- JOHNSON - BROCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 70 students
Nearby schools
- JOHNSON - BROCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 70
- HIGH SCHOOL AT JOHNSON0.0 mi · 118
- AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL7.8 mi · 258
- AUBURN MIDDLE SCHOOL7.8 mi · 190
- LITTLE LEARNERS PRESCHOOL8.2 mi · 40
- CALVERT ELEMENTARY8.3 mi · 531
Frequently asked questions
About ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSONHow many students attend ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON?
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON enrolls approximately 167 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON serve?
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON is approximately 13.8:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON?
Student demographics at ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON are roughly 97% White, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON in?
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT JOHNSON is part of JOHNSON-BROCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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