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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Johnsonville Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
489
Elementary
DISTRICT 589 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARNETT COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370201000885
Johnsonville Elementary
18495 NC HWY 27 West, Cameron, NC 28326 · (919) 499-4912 · Harnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL489 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
485 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 82%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · 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
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
50.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
61.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
54.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Johnsonville Elementary
Johnsonville Elementary's state test result (54.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnsonville Elementary this school | 489 | 99.2% | 54.6% |
| Rural Hall Elementary Rural Hall | 491 | 98.8% | 47.1% |
| Malpass Corner Elementary Burgaw | 513 | 98.1% | 39.7% |
| Easley Elementary Durham | 490 | 99.4% | 74.0% |
| Mineral Springs Elementary Ellerbe | 441 | 99.3% | 52.3% |
| J R Ingram Jr Elementary Sanford | 419 | 99.3% | 51.1% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 Johnsonville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Harnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #677 of 1,297 | #5 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #579 of 1,296 | #4 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #601 of 1,300 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 489 | #650 of 1,485 | #11 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #910 of 1,377 | #13 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #91 of 1,379 | #2 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #523 of 1,414 | #4 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #484 of 937 | #4 of 12 |
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
489
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 402
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 489 | 31.4 | 15.6:1 | 99% (485) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 33.2 | 14.2:1 | 99% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 34.5 | 13.8:1 | 99% (472) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 99% (476) |
| 2017-18 | 562 | 35.8 | 15.7:1 | 99% (559) |
| 2015-16 | 606 | 37 | 16.4:1 | 76% (458) |
| 2010-11 | 611 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 73% (443) |
| 2000-01 | 706 | 37 | 19.1:1 | 58% (409) |
| 1990-91 | 402 | 16 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnsonville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (562 to 489); teachers down 12% (35.8 to 31.4).
About Johnsonville Elementary
Johnsonville Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Cameron, North Carolina. School enrollment was 489 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
Harnett County Schools is responsible for 29 schools, Johnsonville Elementary included, with 20,095 students in all.
Enrollment at Johnsonville Elementary is mixed, with White students the largest group at 35%. After that, the student body is 31% Hispanic, 24% Black, and 8% multiracial. Census figures show Harnett County is about 62% White. Johnsonville Elementary has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 15.6 students per teacher. Elementary schools in North Carolina have a similar average ratio of 14.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 99% of students. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Harnett County is 74%.
Johnsonville Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 51% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Johnsonville Elementary is 6.1 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 54.6% actual, 48.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Federal survey data for Harnett County show that median household income is about $71,287, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Johnsonville Elementary is among the 31 public schools in Harnett County.
The nearest other public school, Benhaven Elementary, is about 2.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. On average proficiency, Johnsonville Elementary is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for Johnsonville Elementary is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 480 to 489. The ratio was 14.6:1 in 2020-21 and 15.6:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Harnett County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
139,150
Census ACS
Median income
$71,287
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
20,611 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harnett County Schools
- Overhills HighHigh · 1,981 students
- Harnett Central HighHigh · 1,522 students
- Western Harnett HighHigh · 1,324 students
- Triton HighHigh · 1,274 students
- Benhaven ElementaryElementary · 1,065 students
- Harnett Central MiddleMiddle · 1,059 students
Other schools in Cameron
- Union Pines HighHigh · 1,462 students
- New Century MiddleMiddle · 602 students
- Cameron ElementaryElementary · 215 students
Other Johnsonville Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Johnsonville Elementary. Johnsonville Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Johnsonville ElementaryJohnsonville, SC · 537 students
- Johnsonville Elementary SchoolJohnsonville, IL · 106 students
Nearby schools
- Benhaven Elementary2.6 mi · 1,065
- Highland Elementary3.2 mi · 854
- Highland Middle3.4 mi · 762
- Western Harnett Middle6.7 mi · 700
- Anderson Creek Academy7.0 mi · 305
- Western Harnett High7.1 mi · 1,324
Frequently asked questions
About Johnsonville ElementaryHow large is Johnsonville Elementary?
Johnsonville Elementary enrolls approximately 489 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Johnsonville Elementary serve?
Johnsonville Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Johnsonville Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Johnsonville Elementary is approximately 15.6:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Johnsonville Elementary?
Student demographics at Johnsonville Elementary are roughly 35% White, 31% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Johnsonville Elementary public or private?
Johnsonville Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harnett County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.