Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510078000266
Johnson Elementary
1645 Cherry Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22903 · (434) 245-2417 · Charlottesville city
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Virginia 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
258 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 66%
Community
0
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 | 36 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 10% smaller than its 4th grade class (60).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 71% · 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
Based on grade levels within Charlottesville City Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
58.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -8.0pp since 2022
Math
50.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 66.0% | 56.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. 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
55.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for Virginia 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 Virginia'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 Johnson Elementary
Johnson Elementary's state test result (55.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Elementary this school | 327 | 78.9% | 55.8% |
| Rosemont Elementary Virginia Beach | 387 | 76.5% | 61.5% |
| Greenbrier Elementary Charlottesville | 267 | 72.3% | 71.0% |
| Luxford Elementary Virginia Beach | 476 | 78.2% | 65.1% |
| Forest Edge Elementary Reston | 454 | 78.4% | 70.3% |
| Norfolk Highlands Primary Chesapeake | 294 | 73.5% | 74.3% |
Matched among Virginia 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 Johnson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Charlottesville city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #906 of 1,101 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,019 of 1,111 ▼ 91 | #6 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #887 of 1,111 ▼ 60 | #6 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #937 of 1,176 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #138 of 1,105 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.4% | #23 of 1,106 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.9% | #507 of 1,157 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #426 of 759 | #4 of 6 |
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
327
+17 (+5%) vs 2020
+3% since 2000-01, when it was 317
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 327 | 28 | 11.7:1 | 79% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 329 | 26 | 12.7:1 | 86% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 27 | 11.9:1 | 78% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 25 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 366 | 30 | 12.2:1 | 86% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 27 | 13.2:1 | 62% (223) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | 24 | 12.6:1 | 72% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 317 | 28 | 11.3:1 | 61% (192) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (366 to 327); teachers down 7% (30 to 28).
About Johnson Elementary
Johnson Elementary is a small elementary school in Charlottesville City Public Schools, located in Charlottesville, Virginia. The school serves 327 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students.
The Charlottesville City Public Schools system has 9 schools and 4,439 students.
Johnson Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 32%. The rest of enrollment is 27% Black, 18% multiracial, 14% Hispanic, and 9% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Charlottesville city's population at about 67%. The school's diversity index is 76%, meaning two students picked at random have a 76% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 28 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.7:1. This ratio sits 2.2 below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Roughly 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Johnson Elementary receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Johnson Elementary's results are 10.9 points below predicted: 55.8% against 66.6%.
In the county around the school, Charlottesville city, the median household income is $74,824, 63% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 15 public schools in Charlottesville city, enrolling about 5,150 students in all.
Nearest public school: Jackson-Via Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Johnson Elementary is 9th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 327, a 5% increase from 310 in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Johnson Elementary covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Charlottesville city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,437
Census ACS
Median income
$74,824
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
63%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,150 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Charlottesville City Public Schools
- Charlottesville HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Walker Upper ElementaryMiddle · 570 students
- Buford MiddleMiddle · 563 students
- Jackson-Via ElementaryElementary · 370 students
- Trailblazer ElementaryElementary · 320 students
- Burnley-Moran ElementaryElementary · 299 students
Other schools in Charlottesville
- Albemarle HighHigh · 1,964 students
- Charlottesville HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Monticello HighHigh · 1,184 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 769 students
- Baker-Butler ElementaryElementary · 692 students
- Journey MiddleMiddle · 646 students
Other Johnson Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 16 states are named Johnson Elementary. Johnson Elementary is the 17th largest of the 24.
- Johnson ElementaryEl Cajon, CA · 766 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolBridgeport, WV · 742 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolFORNEY, TX · 655 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolHUMBLE, TX · 565 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 562 students
Nearby schools
- Jackson-Via Elementary0.6 mi · 370
- Buford Middle0.6 mi · 563
- Trailblazer Elementary1.3 mi · 320
- Jackson P. Burley Middle1.6 mi · 534
- Summit Elementary1.7 mi · 285
- Mountain View Elementary1.8 mi · 769
Frequently asked questions
About Johnson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Johnson Elementary?
Johnson Elementary enrolls approximately 327 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Johnson Elementary serve?
Johnson Elementary serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Johnson Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Johnson Elementary is approximately 11.7:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Johnson Elementary?
At Johnson Elementary, the student body is approximately 32% White, 14% Hispanic, 27% Black, 9% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Is Johnson Elementary public or private?
Johnson Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charlottesville City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.