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Enrollment
725
Elementary
DISTRICT 719 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IRVING ISD·NCES 482442002728
Johnston Elementary School
2801 RUTGERS DR, IRVING, TX 75062 · (972) 600-7700 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL725 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
630 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
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 | 72 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
27.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
23.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 15.0% | 24.0% | 49.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 16.0% | 25.0% | 52.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 27.0% | 23.0% |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 16.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 16.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 13.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 13.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Johnston Elementary School
Johnston Elementary School's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnston Elementary School this school | 725 | 86.9% | 21.8% |
| Lieder Elementary School HOUSTON | 742 | 86.1% | 39.2% |
| Hairgrove Elementary School HOUSTON | 795 | 89.4% | 63.1% |
| Popham Elementary School DEL VALLE | 698 | 90.8% | 26.1% |
| Walzem Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 625 | 87.4% | 31.4% |
| Del Valle Elementary School DEL VALLE | 726 | 89.5% | 21.1% |
Matched among Texas 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 Johnston Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #4,217 of 4,401 | #402 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #4,288 of 4,466 ▼ 141 | #411 of 429 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #4,357 of 4,466 ▼ 99 | #414 of 429 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #2,000 of 3,998 | #161 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 725 | #770 of 4,938 | #51 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #2,610 of 4,622 | #244 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.8% | #3,271 of 4,628 | #296 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.9% | #1,398 of 4,789 | #213 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #1,812 of 2,838 | #180 of 274 |
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
725
-45 (-6%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 746
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 725 | 47.8 | 15.2:1 | 87% (630) |
| 2023-24 | 761 | 50.1 | 15.2:1 | 91% (692) |
| 2022-23 | 798 | 51.9 | 15.4:1 | 87% (695) |
| 2020-21 | 770 | 50 | 15.4:1 | 86% (663) |
| 2017-18 | 829 | 53 | 15.6:1 | 78% (650) |
| 2015-16 | 877 | 54 | 16.2:1 | 86% (758) |
| 2010-11 | 637 | 51 | 12.5:1 | 87% (556) |
| 2000-01 | 827 | 55 | 15.0:1 | 58% (476) |
| 1990-91 | 746 | 42 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnston Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (829 to 725); teachers down 10% (53 to 47.8).
About Johnston Elementary School
Johnston Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in IRVING, Texas. Enrollment stands at 725 students, covering pre-K through 5. It has 40% more students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
The 37 schools in IRVING ISD enroll 31,918 students altogether, Johnston Elementary School among them.
Of every 100 students at Johnston Elementary School, about 80 are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 9% Black, 4% White, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 41% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 35, compared with 70 nationally.
Johnston Elementary School reports a ratio of 15.2 students per teacher, from 47.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is close to this figure. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Johnston Elementary School, 87% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Dallas County averages 77%, lower than here.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 36.6% for Johnston Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 21.8%. The 14.8-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Texas schools.
In Dallas County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $76,547, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 771 public schools and about 459,645 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Crockett Middle School, is the closest to Johnston Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 32.2% proficiency; Johnston Elementary School posts 21.8%.
Johnston Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 770 (2020-21) to 725 (2024-25).
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Johnston Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in IRVING ISD
- Macarthur High SchoolHigh · 2,484 students
- Irving High SchoolHigh · 2,390 students
- Nimitz High SchoolHigh · 2,343 students
- Jack E Singley AcademyHigh · 1,697 students
- Brandenburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 947 students
- Travis Middle SchoolMiddle · 936 students
Other schools in IRVING
- Macarthur High SchoolHigh · 2,484 students
- Irving High SchoolHigh · 2,390 students
- Nimitz High SchoolHigh · 2,343 students
- Jack E Singley AcademyHigh · 1,697 students
- Brandenburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 947 students
- Great Hearts Irving UpperHigh · 937 students
Other Johnston Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Johnston Elementary. Johnston Elementary School is the largest of the 6.
- Johnston Elementary SchoolWoodstock, GA · 543 students
- Johnston ElementaryAppleton, WI · 286 students
- Johnston ElementaryJohnston, SC · 276 students
- Johnston ElementaryAsheville, NC · 217 students
- Johnston Elementary SchoolHopkinton, IA · 94 students
Nearby schools
- Crockett Middle School0.6 mi · 754
- Jackie Mae Townsell Elementary School1.0 mi · 845
- Hanes Elementary School1.1 mi · 709
- Brandenburg Elementary School1.1 mi · 947
- Clifton Early Childhood1.1 mi · 420
- Lady Bird Johnson Middle School1.1 mi · 813
Frequently asked questions
About Johnston Elementary SchoolHow large is Johnston Elementary School?
Johnston Elementary School enrolls approximately 725 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Johnston Elementary School serve?
Johnston Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Johnston Elementary School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Johnston Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Johnston Elementary School?
At Johnston Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 80% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Johnston Elementary School in?
Johnston Elementary School is part of IRVING ISD.
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