📍 500 W. Madison, El Cajon, San Diego County, 92020
Johnson Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in El Cajon, San Diego County. The school has 704 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Christine Sphar. It is part of the Cajon Valley Union school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 26.1:1.
Johnson Elementary enrolls 704 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 26.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Hispanic or Latino, 26% White and 14% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 311 | 44% |
| White | 182 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 99 | 14% |
| Asian | 89 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 1.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 8 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
629 of the school's 704 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Johnson Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Johnson Elementary is one of 26 schools in Cajon Valley Union, based in El Cajon, California. The district serves 15,992 students district-wide and employs 661 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 704 students, Johnson Elementary is close to the district average of about 615 students per school.