📍 724 West 9th Street, Spencer, Clay County, 51301
Johnson Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Spencer, Clay County. The school has 229 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Melissa Mcguire. It is part of the Spencer Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–K in a small-town setting. The school employs 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.6:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Johnson Elementary enrolls 229 students across grades Pre-K–K. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 3.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 191 | 83% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 26 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 3.5% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
115 of the school's 229 students (50%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 100 qualify for free lunch and 15 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. 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 small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-40, state senate district 1, state house district 2.
Johnson Elementary is one of 5 schools in Spencer Comm School District, based in Spencer, Iowa. The district serves 2,194 students district-wide and employs 150 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 229 students, Johnson Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 439 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote