J G Johnson Elementary School

J G Johnson Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in Pahrump, Nevada, operated by Nye, with 502 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 23 schools in Nye (5,721 students total), J G Johnson Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, J G Johnson Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Nye County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting J G Johnson Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, J G Johnson Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 18.7%, a residual of -13.8 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Nye County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $60,714 per year, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nye County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,733 students), of which J G Johnson Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Pathways Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), J G Johnson Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 29.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 3%: 488 students in 2018 compared to 502 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 58% to 45%.

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