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JOHNSON EL
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Texas 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 Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JOHNSON EL
JOHNSON EL is a reasonably sized elementary school in HUMBLE, Texas, run under ALDINE ISD. The school educates 565 students in grades 1 through 5.
Within ALDINE ISD, which oversees 76 schools and 56,419 students, JOHNSON EL is one campus in the system.
On demographics, JOHNSON EL logs that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 24% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, JOHNSON EL shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 92% of students at JOHNSON EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Harris County's rate of about 70%.
With demographic context factored in, JOHNSON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.6%, the actual is 22.6%, a residual of -12.0 points.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Harris County) shows that median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), JOHNSON EL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: MARSHALL EL, around 1.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JOHNSON EL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 33.6%.
JOHNSON EL operates from a suburban location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 40%: 935 students in 2018 compared to 565 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 87% to 73% across the same window.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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