Johnsonville Elementary

Set in Cameron, North Carolina, Johnsonville Elementary is an average-sized primary school, overseen by Harnett County Schools. It enrolls 489 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 29 schools in Harnett County Schools (20,095 students total), Johnsonville Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Johnsonville Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 31% Hispanic, 24% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Harnett County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Johnsonville Elementary reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Harnett County (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Johnsonville Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 54.6%, a residual of +6.1 points.

Around the school, Harnett County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,287 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Harnett County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,611 students), of which Johnsonville Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Benhaven Elementary, around 2.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Johnsonville Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.2%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Johnsonville Elementary's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 562 (now 489). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 22% to 31%.

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