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Enrollment
286
Elementary
DISTRICT 306 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·APPLETON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550039000058
Johnston Elementary
2725 E Forest St, Appleton, WI 54915 · (920) 852-5505 · Outagamie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
165 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 10 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
48.6%
WI avg 53.1% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
WI avg 54.8% . +9.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 49 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 Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.6% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.7% | 40.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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 Johnston Elementary
Johnston Elementary's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnston Elementary this school | 286 | 57.7% | 46.6% |
| Pigeon River Elementary Sheboygan | 254 | 60.2% | 45.6% |
| Prairie Ridge Early Learning School Eau Claire | 248 | 63.7% | N/A |
| Highlands Elementary Appleton | 417 | 60.4% | 32.5% |
| John Marshall Elementary Wausau | 231 | 58.9% | 43.2% |
| Weston Elementary Weston | 519 | 58.0% | 57.6% |
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 Johnston Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Outagamie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #673 of 982 | #24 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #586 of 992 ▲ 146 | #19 of 31 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #593 of 992 ▲ 94 | #21 of 31 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #659 of 1,157 | #21 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #136 of 901 | #7 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #87 of 901 | #5 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.7% | #302 of 1,064 | #6 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.4% | #40 of 664 | #3 of 21 |
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
286
-97 (-25%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 286 | 26 | 11.0:1 | 58% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 30.5 | 13.4:1 | 60% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 29.8 | 13.6:1 | 56% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 31 | 12.3:1 | 57% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 33.8 | 13.3:1 | 50% (225) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 49% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | 30 | 16.3:1 | 42% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 513 | 32 | 16.0:1 | 18% (94) |
| 1990-91 | 639 | 31 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnston Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (450 to 286); teachers down 23% (33.8 to 26).
About Johnston Elementary
Johnston Elementary is one of the public schools in Appleton, Wisconsin. It is a medium-sized elementary school. The latest federal count shows 286 students in pre-K through 5.
The district, Appleton Area School District, operates 38 schools serving 14,994 students.
Johnston Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 47%. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Asian, 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 8% Black. In Outagamie County overall, about 86% of residents are White. Johnston Elementary's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Johnston Elementary, 26 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.0:1. That is lower than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Roughly 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 26 points above the 32% average for public schools in Outagamie County.
Schools in Wisconsin with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 42.3%. Johnston Elementary scores 46.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Outagamie County show that the median household income is $85,069, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Johnston Elementary is one of 73 public schools in the county.
Tesla Engineering Charter School is the public school closest to Johnston Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Johnston Elementary ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 46.6% against a local average of 52.6%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
2024-25 enrollment was 286, a 25% decrease from 383 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.3:1 to 11.0:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Johnston Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Outagamie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
192,826
Census ACS
Median income
$85,069
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
31,330 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Appleton Area School District
- North HighHigh · 1,635 students
- East HighHigh · 1,238 students
- West HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Madison MiddleMiddle · 929 students
- Einstein MiddleMiddle · 851 students
- Wisconsin Connections AcademyCombined · 743 students
Other schools in Appleton
- North HighHigh · 1,635 students
- East HighHigh · 1,238 students
- West HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Madison MiddleMiddle · 929 students
- Einstein MiddleMiddle · 851 students
- Wisconsin Connections AcademyCombined · 743 students
Other Johnston Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Johnston Elementary. Johnston Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Johnston Elementary SchoolIRVING, TX · 725 students
- Johnston Elementary SchoolWoodstock, GA · 543 students
- Johnston ElementaryJohnston, SC · 276 students
- Johnston ElementaryAsheville, NC · 217 students
- Johnston Elementary SchoolHopkinton, IA · 94 students
Nearby schools
- Tesla Engineering Charter School0.6 mi · 147
- Appleton eSchool0.6 mi · 35
- East High0.6 mi · 1,238
- Richmond Elementary0.8 mi · 245
- Horizons Elementary1.3 mi · 264
- Westside Elementary1.4 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About Johnston ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Johnston Elementary?
Johnston Elementary enrolls approximately 286 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Johnston Elementary serve?
Johnston Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Johnston Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Johnston Elementary is approximately 11.0:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Johnston Elementary?
Student demographics at Johnston Elementary are roughly 47% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 24% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Johnston Elementary public or private?
Johnston Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Appleton Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.