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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 266 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NYE·NCES 320036000351
J G Johnson Elementary School
900 E Jack Rabbit St, Pahrump, NV 89048 · (775) 727-6619 · Nye County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Nevada public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 Nevada public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
502 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 85%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 70% · 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
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
22.9%
NV avg 45.8% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
13.7%
NV avg 35.6% . -4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.9% | 13.7% |
| 2023-24 | 26.7% | 18.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. 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
18.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Nevada 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 Nevada'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 J G Johnson Elementary School
J G Johnson Elementary School's state test result (18.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J G Johnson Elementary School this school | 502 | 100.0% | 18.7% |
| Manse Elementary School Pahrump | 535 | 100.0% | 25.1% |
| Edith W. Fritsch Elementary Carson City | 500 | 100.0% | 40.0% |
| Morrow Sue H Elementary School Henderson | 416 | 100.0% | 47.4% |
| Hafen Elementary School Pahrump | 413 | 100.0% | 31.6% |
| Floyd Elementary School Pahrump | 578 | 100.0% | 34.4% |
Matched among Nevada 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 J G Johnson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Nye County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #346 of 367 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #379 of 388 ▼ 49 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #361 of 390 ▼ 45 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #206 of 442 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #311 of 379 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #153 of 381 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #267 of 386 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #29 of 46 | N/A |
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
502
+91 (+22%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 502 | 25 | 20.1:1 | 100% (502) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 30 | 17.6:1 | 100% (527) |
| 2022-23 | 518 | 24 | 21.6:1 | 100% (518) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 100% (411) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 25 | 19.5:1 | 100% (488) |
| 2015-16 | 493 | 22 | 22.4:1 | 100% (493) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 22 | 19.4:1 | 67% (285) |
| 2000-01 | 733 | 41 | 17.9:1 | 45% (332) |
| 1990-91 | 456 | 22 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J G Johnson Elementary School.
About J G Johnson Elementary School
J G Johnson Elementary School is an elementary school in Pahrump, Nevada, reachable at (775) 727-6619. Enrolled students number 502 students, in pre-K through 5.
J G Johnson Elementary School is in Nye, a district with 5,721 students across 23 schools.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at J G Johnson Elementary School, at 45%. Enrollment also includes 36% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 4% Black. Among people living in Nye County, the White share is about 73%. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
J G Johnson Elementary School operates with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 20.1:1. That is 2.0 students per teacher above the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%. For comparison, public schools in Nye County average 100%.
Measured against Nevada public elementary schools, J G Johnson Elementary School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for J G Johnson Elementary School is -13.8 points: 18.7% actual, 32.5% predicted.
Census estimates describe Nye County this way: the median household income is $60,714, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides J G Johnson Elementary School, Nye County has 28 other public schools.
Nearby, Pathways High School is about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 29.8% proficiency; J G Johnson Elementary School posts 18.7%.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Remote: the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
J G Johnson Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 411 in 2020-21 to 502 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.1:1.
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Nye County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,344
Census ACS
Median income
$60,714
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
5,733 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nye
- Pahrump Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,333 students
- Rosemary Clarke Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,030 students
- Floyd Elementary SchoolElementary · 578 students
- Manse Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Hafen Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Mt Charleston Elementary SchoolElementary · 200 students
Other schools in Pahrump
- Pahrump Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,333 students
- Rosemary Clarke Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,030 students
- Floyd Elementary SchoolElementary · 578 students
- Manse Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Hafen Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Mt Charleston Elementary SchoolElementary · 200 students
Nearby schools
- Pathways High School0.4 mi · 123
- Pathways Middle School0.4 mi · 102
- Pahrump Valley High School0.6 mi · 1,333
- Mt Charleston Elementary School1.1 mi · 200
- Floyd Elementary School5.9 mi · 578
- Rosemary Clarke Middle School6.1 mi · 1,030
Frequently asked questions
About J G Johnson Elementary SchoolHow large is J G Johnson Elementary School?
J G Johnson Elementary School enrolls approximately 502 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does J G Johnson Elementary School serve?
J G Johnson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at J G Johnson Elementary School?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at J G Johnson Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at J G Johnson Elementary School?
Student demographics at J G Johnson Elementary School are roughly 45% White, 36% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is J G Johnson Elementary School in?
J G Johnson Elementary School is part of Nye.
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