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Enrollment
483
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOHNSTOWN-MONROE LOCAL·NCES 390479803065
Johnstown Elementary School
200 Leafy Dell Road, Johnstown, OH 43031 · (740) 967-5461 · Licking County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL483 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
123 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 43%
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 | 124 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 132 | 27% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 54% · 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
Johnstown Elementary School→JOHNSTOWN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL→Johnstown Middle School→Johnstown High School
Based on grade levels within Johnstown-Monroe Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
78.7%
OH avg 59.8% . -6.0pp since 2021
Math
80.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +4.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.7% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.2% | 78.6% |
| 2022-23 | 77.9% | 85.0% |
| 2021-22 | 84.7% | 75.7% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
79.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 Johnstown Elementary School
Johnstown Elementary School's state test result (79.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnstown Elementary School this school | 483 | 25.5% | 79.4% |
| North Ridgeville Early Childhood Learning Community North Ridgeville | 500 | 25.6% | N/A |
| Whitehouse Primary School Whitehouse | 477 | 22.2% | 95.1% |
| Olmsted Falls Intermediate Building Olmsted Falls | 507 | 28.0% | 81.0% |
| Walter Kidder Elementary School Brunswick | 480 | 20.8% | 72.8% |
| Ella Canavan Elementary School Medina | 475 | 25.5% | 82.3% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Johnstown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Licking County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #260 of 673 | #3 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #380 of 1,569 ▲ 17 | #3 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #306 of 1,569 ▲ 39 | #5 of 26 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #410 of 1,514 | #6 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 483 | #536 of 1,808 | #9 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #585 of 1,582 | #12 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.3% | #1,029 of 1,590 | #20 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.5% | #578 of 767 | #19 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.8% | #48 of 992 | #1 of 20 |
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
483
-261 (-35%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 302
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 483 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 25% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 31% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 511 | 27.5 | 18.6:1 | 22% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 744 | 39 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 752 | 39 | 19.3:1 | 23% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 344 | 17 | 20.2:1 | 24% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 345 | 14 | 24.6:1 | 24% (84) |
| 2000-01 | 325 | 16 | 20.3:1 | 13% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 302 | 15 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnstown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (752 to 483); teachers down 26% (39 to 29).
About Johnstown Elementary School
Johnstown Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Johnstown, Ohio. The grade span is kindergarten through 3, and enrollment is 483 students.
Johnstown-Monroe Local (4 schools, 1,656 students) runs Johnstown Elementary School.
About 86% of the student body at Johnstown Elementary School is White. Other students are 9% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 86% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 25% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Johnstown Elementary School is 29 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 16.7:1. That is lower than the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. The school counts 123 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 25%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Licking County is 43%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 79.2% at Johnstown Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 79.4%.
Census Bureau estimates for Licking County show that the median household income is $84,426, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Johnstown Elementary School is one of 63 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: JOHNSTOWN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, about 1.1 miles away. Within five miles are 6 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Johnstown Elementary School places 2nd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The school's locale code, Town: Fringe, means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Federal data show a 35% enrollment decrease, from 744 in 2020-21 to 483 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 19.1:1 to 16.7:1.
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Licking County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
181,837
Census ACS
Median income
$84,426
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
29,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Johnstown-Monroe Local
- Johnstown High SchoolHigh · 488 students
- Johnstown Middle SchoolMiddle · 412 students
- JOHNSTOWN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 273 students
Other schools in Johnstown
- Northridge ElementaryElementary · 546 students
- Johnstown High SchoolHigh · 488 students
- Johnstown Middle SchoolMiddle · 412 students
- Northridge High SchoolHigh · 351 students
- JOHNSTOWN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 273 students
- Northridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 270 students
Nearby schools
- JOHNSTOWN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 273
- Johnstown Middle School1.2 mi · 412
- Johnstown High School1.3 mi · 488
- Northridge High School4.5 mi · 351
- Northridge Elementary4.5 mi · 546
- Northridge Middle School4.5 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About Johnstown Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Johnstown Elementary School?
Johnstown Elementary School enrolls approximately 483 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does Johnstown Elementary School serve?
Johnstown Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Johnstown Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Johnstown Elementary School is approximately 16.7:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Johnstown Elementary School?
Student demographics at Johnstown Elementary School are roughly 86% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Johnstown Elementary School in?
Johnstown Elementary School is part of Johnstown-Monroe Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.