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Johnson Elementary School

Summary:

Johnson Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-5 in Montrose, Colorado, with a student population of 529. The school is part of the Montrose County School District Re-1J, which is ranked 68 out of 116 districts in Colorado and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite being part of the Montrose County School District, Johnson Elementary consistently underperforms compared to the district and the state of Colorado in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Math proficiency across all grade levels. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 29.8% of Johnson Elementary students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 37% for the district and 44.1% for the state. In Math, the proficiency rate was just 18.3%, compared to 22.8% for the district and 34.2% for the state. Additionally, Johnson Elementary has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 62.76% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year.

Interestingly, the nearby schools in the Montrose County School District, such as Olathe Elementary, Oak Grove Elementary, and Cottonwood Elementary, generally outperform Johnson Elementary in academic proficiency, school rankings, and student subgroup performance. However, one notable exception is North Fork Montessori @ Crawford, an elementary school in the neighboring Delta County Joint District No. 50, which significantly outperforms Johnson Elementary and the Montrose County School District as a whole.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 13820 6700 Road
       Montrose, CO  81401

(970) 249-2584

District: Montrose County School District Re-1J

SchoolDigger Rank:
737th of 943 Colorado Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,397 Help


Students who attend Johnson Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Centennial Middle School
High:    Montrose High School

Student/teacher ratio:  20.0 Help
Number of students:  529

Racial breakdown:

White:
51.2%
Hispanic:
44.4%
Two or more races:
3.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  62.8% Help


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Compare Details Johnson Elementary School ranks worse than 78.2% of elementary schools in Colorado. It also ranks last among 6 ranked elementary schools in the Montrose County School District Re-1J. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 20.5. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
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Compare Details Johnson Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Montrose County School District Re-1J.  (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Johnson Elementary School is $11,397, which is the lowest among 6 elementary schools in the Montrose County School District Re-1J!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Johnson Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Johnson Elementary School 737th of 943 Colorado public elementary schools. (See Johnson Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Montrose County School District Re-1J:

SchoolDigger ranks Montrose County School District Re-1J 68th of 116 Colorado school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Johnson Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Johnson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 35.75 554th 808 31.4%
2005 31.60 603rd 823 26.7%
2006 27.51 639th 829 22.9%
2007 25.26 668th 852 21.6%
2008 31.59 625th 849 26.4%
2009 34.52 626th 872 28.2%
2010 28.68 695th 925 24.9%
2011 25.72 727th 935 22.2%
2012 34.70 651st 935 30.4%
2013 48.73 530th 954 44.4%
2014 38.15 628th 962 34.7%
2015 31.36 610th 938 35.0%
2016 46.03 449th 914 50.9%
2017 50.51 415th 929 55.3%
2018 28.02 641st 917 30.1%
2019 27.79 678th 965 29.7%
2021 24.53 571st 710 19.6%
2022 27.44 644th 921 30.1%
2023 24.57 678th 933 27.3%
2024 20.50 737th 943 21.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Johnson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.25 236th 308 23.4%
2019 26.65 278th 332 16.3%
2021 27.51 70th 75 6.7%
2022 37.32 126th 203 37.9%
2023 23.22 234th 265 11.7%
2024 17.63 325th 365 11.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Johnson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.68 515th 690 25.4%
2019 30.78 505th 758 33.4%
2021 14.40 335th 351 4.6%
2022 23.54 461st 595 22.5%
2023 23.29 483rd 642 24.8%
2024 17.48 571st 684 16.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Johnson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.92 599th 693 13.6%
2019 18.82 623rd 764 18.5%
2021 18.57 320th 352 9.1%
2022 20.59 471st 594 20.7%
2023 15.09 565th 649 12.9%
2024 19.97 536th 683 21.5%
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Rank History for White students at Johnson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.34 285th 337 15.4%
2019 21.42 491st 596 17.6%
2021 12.38 277th 288 3.8%
2022 17.95 413th 454 9.0%
2023 18.14 467th 525 11.0%
2024 12.71 501st 539 7.1%
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Data source: test scores: Colorado Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Colorado Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Johnson Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 263 2 1 43 1 n/a n/a 0 310
1989 239 1 1 36 0 n/a n/a 0 277
1990 252 0 2 46 0 n/a n/a 0 300
1991 248 1 2 55 0 n/a n/a 0 306
1992 268 2 2 52 0 n/a n/a 0 324
1993 264 0 7 55 0 n/a n/a 0 326
1994 251 0 5 55 0 n/a n/a 0 311
1995 279 1 0 38 0 n/a n/a 0 318
1996 279 1 0 38 0 n/a n/a 0 318
1997 268 1 1 54 2 n/a n/a 0 326
1998 276 2 2 52 2 n/a n/a 0 334
1999 269 3 3 39 2 n/a n/a 0 316
2000 256 3 2 36 3 n/a n/a 0 300
2001 278 0 1 40 0 n/a n/a 0 319
2002 289 0 3 111 6 n/a n/a 0 409
2003 289 0 3 111 6 n/a n/a 0 409
2004 263 0 4 113 2 n/a n/a 0 382
2005 307 0 4 143 2 n/a n/a 0 456
2006 330 1 6 155 3 n/a n/a 0 495
2007 322 2 7 188 4 n/a n/a 0 523
2008 342 5 11 223 1 n/a n/a 0 582
2009 365 3 10 236 1 n/a n/a 0 615
2010 332 5 12 242 3 n/a n/a 0 594
2011 292 1 8 241 3 1 16 0 562
2012 287 0 3 243 5 0 14 0 552
2013 267 0 3 226 6 0 17 0 519
2014 286 0 2 222 7 1 13 0 531
2015 268 1 2 220 9 0 14 0 514
2016 280 0 2 233 6 0 16 0 537
2017 313 0 2 237 6 0 19 0 577
2018 308 0 2 218 7 0 16 0 551
2019 292 2 2 229 6 1 10 0 542
2020 284 2 1 209 4 1 10 0 511
2021 253 1 1 205 3 1 10 0 474
2022 273 1 2 217 2 1 14 0 510
2023 271 4 0 235 2 0 17 0 529

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Johnson Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 310 19.4 15.9 n/a
1989 277 17.7 15.6 27.8
1990 300 17.1 17.5 18.3
1991 306 16.4 18.6 24.5
1992 324 18.4 17.6 29.3
1993 326 17.0 19.2 26.7
1994 311 17.8 17.5 28
1995 318 20.0 15.9 26.1
1996 318 20.0 15.9 26.1
1997 326 17.0 19.2 30.1
1998 334 19.5 17.1 39.2
1999 316 17.7 17.9 33.5
2000 300 18.8 16.0 48
2001 319 20.0 16.0 44.8
2002 409 24.3 16.8 55.3
2003 409 24.3 16.8 55.3
2004 382 24.7 15.5 49.7
2005 456 25.7 17.7 57
2006 495 33.0 15.0 51.9
2007 523 33.5 15.6 57.4
2008 582 35.2 16.5 61.3
2009 615 38.8 15.9 62.8
2010 594 40.3 14.7 56.4
2011 562 37.3 15.0 63.7
2012 552 30.5 18.0 63.9
2013 519 33.6 15.4 63.2
2014 531 33.6 15.7 68.7
2015 514 37.0 13.8 64.4
2016 537 32.0 16.7 66.7
2017 577 31.4 18.3 62.7
2018 551 31.7 17.3 57.4
2019 542 32.4 16.7 63.8
2020 511 33.3 15.3 56.2
2021 474 29.1 16.2 64.8
2022 510 27.9 18.2 62.4
2023 529 26.4 20.0 62.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Johnson Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 310 19.4 15.9 n/a
1989 277 17.7 15.6 27.8
1990 300 17.1 17.5 18.3
1991 306 16.4 18.6 24.5
1992 324 18.4 17.6 29.3
1993 326 17.0 19.2 26.7
1994 311 17.8 17.5 28
1995 318 20.0 15.9 26.1
1996 318 20.0 15.9 26.1
1997 326 17.0 19.2 30.1
1998 334 19.5 17.1 39.2
1999 316 17.7 17.9 33.5
2000 300 18.8 16.0 48
2001 319 20.0 16.0 44.8
2002 409 24.3 16.8 55.3
2003 409 24.3 16.8 55.3
2004 382 24.7 15.5 49.7
2005 456 25.7 17.7 57
2006 495 33.0 15.0 51.9
2007 523 33.5 15.6 57.4
2008 582 35.2 16.5 61.3
2009 615 38.8 15.9 62.8
2010 594 40.3 14.7 56.4
2011 562 37.3 15.0 63.7
2012 552 30.5 18.0 63.9
2013 519 33.6 15.4 63.2
2014 531 33.6 15.7 68.7
2015 514 37.0 13.8 64.4
2016 537 32.0 16.7 66.7
2017 577 31.4 18.3 62.7
2018 551 31.7 17.3 57.4
2019 542 32.4 16.7 63.8
2020 511 33.3 15.3 56.2
2021 474 29.1 16.2 64.8
2022 510 27.9 18.2 62.4
2023 529 26.4 20.0 62.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Johnson Elementary School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $10,311
2020 $10,924
2021 $11,317
2022 $11,093
2023 $11,397

Data source: Colorado Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Johnson Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 678th of 965 Elementary schoolsRanks 678th of 933 Elementary schools
 2.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Johnson Elementary School)27.524.1
 3.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Montrose County School District Re-1J)2728.1
 1.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Colorado)41.339.9
 1.4%
3rd Grade Math (Johnson Elementary School)25.321.5
 3.8%
   3rd Grade Math (Montrose County School District Re-1J)31.729.4
 2.3%
   3rd Grade Math (Colorado)4140.4
 0.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Johnson Elementary School)22.835.1
 12.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Montrose County School District Re-1J)34.938
 3.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Colorado)4843.8
 4.2%
4th Grade Math (Johnson Elementary School)15.212.2
 3%
   4th Grade Math (Montrose County School District Re-1J)25.620
 5.6%
   4th Grade Math (Colorado)33.632.7
 0.9%
5th Grade Science (Johnson Elementary School)3026.4
 3.6%
   5th Grade Science (Montrose County School District Re-1J)32.230.3
 1.9%
   5th Grade Science (Colorado)35.933.9
 2%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Johnson Elementary School)44.943.2
 1.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Montrose County School District Re-1J)40.638.8
 1.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Colorado)48.447.8
 0.6%
5th Grade Math (Johnson Elementary School)34.419.2
 15.2%
   5th Grade Math (Montrose County School District Re-1J)27.620.6
 7%
   5th Grade Math (Colorado)35.736.5
 0.8%
All Grades English Language Arts (Johnson Elementary School)31.633.9
 2.3%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Montrose County School District Re-1J)41.838.3
 3.5%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Colorado)45.843.7
 2.1%
All Grades Math (Johnson Elementary School)24.917.7
 7.2%
   All Grades Math (Montrose County School District Re-1J)26.823
 3.8%
   All Grades Math (Colorado)34.732.9
 1.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students542529
 2.4%
African American24
 100%
American Indian62
 66.7%
Asian20
 100%
Hispanic229235
 2.6%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White292271
 7.2%
Two or More Races1017
 70%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients63.8%62.8%
 1.1%

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Students at Johnson Elementary School are 51% White, 44% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 529 students attended Johnson Elementary School.

Johnson Elementary School ranks in the bottom 21.8% of Colorado elementary schools.

Students who attend Johnson Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Centennial Middle School
High : Montrose High School


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