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Which teacher or staff member at Johnson Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 571 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RACINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551236001626
Johnson Elementary
2420 Kentucky St, Racine, WI 53405 · (262) 664-6950 · Racine County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
416 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 42%
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 | 55 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 32% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 54% · 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
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
15.2%
WI avg 53.1% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
8.2%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.2% | 8.2% |
| 2023-24 | 20.2% | 9.9% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for Wisconsin 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 Johnson Elementary
Johnson Elementary's state test result (16.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Elementary this school | 557 | 74.7% | 16.2% |
| Wadewitz Elementary Racine | 517 | 77.6% | 23.4% |
| Hackett Elementary Beloit | 434 | 74.2% | 16.3% |
| Robinson Elementary Beloit | 477 | 69.8% | 20.6% |
| Julian Thomas Elementary Racine | 574 | 81.7% | 15.6% |
| Fairview Elementary Milwaukee | 603 | 72.6% | 44.3% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin | In Racine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #919 of 982 | #27 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.2% | #962 of 992 ▼ 7 | #30 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #924 of 992 ▼ 15 | #29 of 32 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #90 of 1,157 | #8 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #574 of 901 | #16 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #153 of 901 | #12 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.7% | #149 of 1,064 | #9 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.1% | #135 of 240 | #10 of 12 |
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
557
+130 (+30%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 580
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 557 | 39.8 | 14.0:1 | 75% (416) |
| 2023-24 | 530 | 42.4 | 12.5:1 | 80% (424) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 41.5 | 10.9:1 | 81% (366) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 39 | 10.9:1 | 84% (357) |
| 2017-18 | 525 | 41.2 | 12.7:1 | 78% (410) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 40 | 13.4:1 | 76% (411) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 45 | 13.4:1 | 81% (489) |
| 2000-01 | 516 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 33% (170) |
| 1990-91 | 580 | 37 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (525 to 557); teachers down 3% (41.2 to 39.8).
About Johnson Elementary
In Racine, Wisconsin, Johnson Elementary is a large elementary school. The school's enrollment of 557 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 72% higher than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, which is about 323.
Johnson Elementary is in Racine Unified School District, a district with 16,557 students across 27 schools.
At Johnson Elementary, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 49%. Next come 27% Black, 17% White, and 7% multiracial. The county population is about 15% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.0:1, with 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Johnson Elementary is 75%. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Racine County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Johnson Elementary receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Wisconsin, Johnson Elementary is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 16.2% compared with a predicted 31.8%.
Johnson Elementary is located in Racine County, where the median household income is $78,096, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Johnson Elementary, Racine County has 53 other public schools.
Starbuck International School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles away. The five-mile area around Johnson Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 22.0% on proficiency, and Johnson Elementary is below that at 16.2%.
Johnson Elementary is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Enrollment has grown by 130 students since 2020-21, to 557. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 14.0:1, from 10.9:1.
Discussions about Johnson Elementary may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Racine County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,532
Census ACS
Median income
$78,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
25,901 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Racine Unified School District
- Case HighHigh · 1,856 students
- Gifford SchoolElementary · 1,331 students
- Horlick HighHigh · 1,212 students
- Park HighHigh · 1,203 students
- Starbuck International SchoolElementary · 1,133 students
- Mitchell SchoolElementary · 1,040 students
Other schools in Racine
- Case HighHigh · 1,856 students
- Gifford SchoolElementary · 1,331 students
- Horlick HighHigh · 1,212 students
- Park HighHigh · 1,203 students
- Starbuck International SchoolElementary · 1,133 students
- Mitchell SchoolElementary · 1,040 students
Other Johnson Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 16 states are named Johnson Elementary. Johnson Elementary is the 6th 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
- Starbuck International School0.9 mi · 1,133
- Mitchell School1.0 mi · 1,040
- Knapp Elementary1.1 mi · 462
- Racine County Detention Center1.4 mi · 20
- Fratt Elementary1.5 mi · 435
- West Ridge Elementary1.6 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About Johnson ElementaryHow many students attend Johnson Elementary?
Johnson Elementary enrolls approximately 557 students in grades PK-05.
Is Johnson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Johnson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Johnson Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Johnson Elementary is approximately 14.0:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Johnson Elementary?
Johnson Elementary reports a student body of 17% White, 49% Hispanic, 27% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Johnson Elementary?
Johnson Elementary is overseen by Racine Unified School District in Racine County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.