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Enrollment
402
Elementary
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDINBURG CISD·NCES 481818005462
L B Johnson Elementary School
1801 E SPRAGUE ST, EDINBURG, TX 78539 · (956) 289-2358 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Texas 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
340 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 63 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 36.0% | 22.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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%.
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 L B Johnson Elementary School
L B Johnson Elementary School's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| L B Johnson Elementary School this school | 402 | 84.6% | 49.5% |
| Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School MISSION | 391 | 85.9% | 48.8% |
| Wright Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 430 | 84.0% | 32.9% |
| McAuliffe Elementary School MCALLEN | 385 | 85.2% | 41.3% |
| Marcell Elementary School MISSION | 378 | 86.5% | 36.8% |
| Dilley Elementary School DILLEY | 402 | 83.8% | 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 L B Johnson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #1,470 of 4,401 | #51 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,134 of 4,466 ▲ 2 | #41 of 183 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,376 of 4,466 ▼ 27 | #102 of 183 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #1,121 of 3,998 | #51 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #3,463 of 4,938 | #142 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,699 of 4,622 | #69 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.0% | #4,465 of 4,628 | #109 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.6% | #1,589 of 4,789 | #140 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #1,198 of 1,307 | #46 of 53 |
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
402
+23 (+6%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 502
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 402 | 26.3 | 15.3:1 | 85% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 26 | 16.2:1 | 87% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 26.6 | 15.4:1 | 87% (356) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 90% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 395 | 26.7 | 14.8:1 | 87% (345) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 88% (344) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | 30 | 18.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 508 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 40% (201) |
| 1990-91 | 502 | 33 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for L B Johnson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (395 to 402); teachers down 1% (26.7 to 26.3).
About L B Johnson Elementary School
L B Johnson Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in EDINBURG, Texas. Its 402 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
EDINBURG CISD, which runs L B Johnson Elementary School, has 44 schools and 33,343 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at L B Johnson Elementary School, with 99% of enrollment. L B Johnson Elementary School has a diversity index of 2%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at L B Johnson Elementary School is 26.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.3:1. Elementary schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 15.1:1. Around 85% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County.
allk12 grades L B Johnson Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, L B Johnson Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 49.5% actual against 37.6% predicted.
Hidalgo County has about 891,977 residents, and median household income is about $54,338, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Hidalgo County number 364 and enroll about 212,859.
The nearest other public school, Travis Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of L B Johnson Elementary School. On state test proficiency, L B Johnson Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 379 in 2020-21 and 402 in 2024-25, a 6% increase.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EDINBURG CISD
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
- South Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,246 students
Other schools in EDINBURG
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Vanguard BeethovenCombined · 1,782 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
Other L B Johnson Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named L B Johnson Elementary. L B Johnson Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- L B Johnson Elementary SchoolODESSA, TX · 475 students
- L B Johnson Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 317 students
Nearby schools
- Travis Elementary School0.4 mi · 337
- Macaria Dela Garza Gorena Elementary School0.5 mi · 554
- Francisco Barrientes Middle School0.5 mi · 1,064
- Edinburg Collegiate High School0.6 mi · 466
- Cano-Gonzalez Elementary School0.7 mi · 399
- JJAEP-Southwest Key Program0.7 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About L B Johnson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at L B Johnson Elementary School?
L B Johnson Elementary School enrolls approximately 402 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does L B Johnson Elementary School serve?
L B Johnson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at L B Johnson Elementary School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at L B Johnson Elementary School.
How diverse is L B Johnson Elementary School?
L B Johnson Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees L B Johnson Elementary School?
L B Johnson Elementary School is overseen by EDINBURG CISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.