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Scott Johnson Elementary School

431 HWY 190 E, HUNTSVILLE, TX 77320 · (936) 435-6250 · Walker County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL879 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of Texas public elementary schools
  • C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • FThree-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

Enrollment
879
Elementary
DISTRICT 634 · STATE 519
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
710 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K829%
Kindergarten11213%
Grade 112815%
Grade 213115%
Grade 314216%
Grade 415017%
Grade 513415%

This year's kindergarten class (112) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (134).

Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
27531%
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 24% · US 43%
Hispanic
36842%
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 54% · US 30%
Black
18721%
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 13% · US 15%
Asian
40%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 6% · US 6%
Two+
394%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 3% · US 5%
Native American
51%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
44551%
Female
43449%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Scott Johnson Elementary School→Mance Park Middle School→Huntsville High School
Based on grade levels within HUNTSVILLE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
27.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020

What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.

Performance levels, 2025-26

SubjectMasters Grade LevelMeets Grade LevelApproaches Grade LevelDid Not Meet Grade Level
Reading12.0%24.0%23.0%41.0%
Mathematics11.0%16.0%23.0%50.0%
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 yearReadingMathematics
2025-2636.0%27.0%
2024-2539.0%27.0%
2023-2438.0%41.0%
2022-2348.0%48.0%
2021-2243.0%41.0%
2020-2112.0%21.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Scott Johnson Elementary School

Scott Johnson Elementary School's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Scott Johnson Elementary School this school87980.8%32.3%
Huntsville Elementary School
HUNTSVILLE
67080.9%34.2%
Parkway Elementary School
LONGVIEW
67475.8%57.3%
East Side Elementary School
JACKSONVILLE
62380.9%41.3%
Dillingham Elementary School
SHERMAN
71077.6%28.1%
Madisonville Elementary School
MADISONVILLE
66278.1%N/A
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 Scott Johnson Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn TexasIn Walker County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
32.3%#3,441 of 4,401#5 of 7
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
27.0%#4,110 of 4,466
▼ 134
#7 of 7
▼ 1
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
36.0%#4,000 of 4,466
▼ 403
#6 of 7
no change
3-year test score change
ranked biggest drop first
-16.5pp#124 of 3,998#2 of 6
Enrollment
ranked largest first
879#239 of 4,938#1 of 8
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
20.7:1#4,487 of 4,622#4 of 7
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
68.0%#712 of 4,628#5 of 7
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
80.8%#1,903 of 4,789#4 of 8
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+37.1%#188 of 1,307N/A
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 2024-25
Enrollment
879
+268 (+44%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 663
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 18.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2587942.520.7:181% (710)
2023-2455937.914.7:179% (440)
2022-2359136.816.0:180% (471)
2020-216113418.0:175% (459)
2017-186414016.0:163% (405)
2015-166914316.1:173% (507)
2010-115843915.0:140% (231)
2000-015273813.9:148% (253)
1990-916635312.5:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scott Johnson Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students up 37% (641 to 879); teachers up 6% (40 to 42.5).

About Scott Johnson Elementary School

Scott Johnson Elementary School is a large elementary school located in HUNTSVILLE, Texas. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 879 students enrolled. It has 69% more students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).

Scott Johnson Elementary School is part of HUNTSVILLE ISD, where 11 schools serve 12,092 students.

No group is above 50% at Scott Johnson Elementary School; the largest is Hispanic, at 42%. The rest of enrollment is 31% White, 21% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Walker County, the Hispanic share is about 22%. The diversity index for Scott Johnson Elementary School is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Teacher count: 42.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 20.7:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 5.6 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 81%. Among public schools in Walker County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.

On the allk12 Grade, Scott Johnson Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 13% of Texas public elementary schools.

Scott Johnson Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.3%, compared with a predicted 39.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.

Walker County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $52,324, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 18 public schools in the county, enrolling about 13,655, Scott Johnson Elementary School among them.

Scott Johnson Elementary School's nearest public school is Huntsville Intermediate School (less than a tenth of a mile). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Scott Johnson Elementary School. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Scott Johnson Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.

Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.

Scott Johnson Elementary School enrolled 611 in 2020-21 and 879 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.7:1) than in 2020-21 (18.0:1).

The allk12 page for Scott Johnson Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.

Walker County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
80,209
Census ACS
Median income
$52,324
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
13,655 students

Quick facts

School name
Scott Johnson Elementary School
District
HUNTSVILLE ISD
Address
431 HWY 190 E, HUNTSVILLE, TX 77320
Phone
(936) 435-6250
County
Walker County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
879
Teachers (FTE)
42
Student–teacher ratio
20.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
710 (81%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
482403005505
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Scott Johnson Elementary School
How large is Scott Johnson Elementary School?
Scott Johnson Elementary School enrolls approximately 879 students in grades PK-05.
Is Scott Johnson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Scott Johnson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Scott Johnson Elementary School have?
Scott Johnson Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Scott Johnson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Scott Johnson Elementary School are roughly 31% White, 42% Hispanic, 21% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Scott Johnson Elementary School in?
Scott Johnson Elementary School is part of HUNTSVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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