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Johnson Elementary School

Q: Is Johnson Elementary School a good school?

Johnson Elementary School ranks in the bottom 2.4% of Alabama elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Johnson Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 340 students attended Johnson Elementary School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Johnson Elementary School?

Students at Johnson Elementary School are 87% African American, 11% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.

Q: What schools do graduates of Johnson Elementary School attend?

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

Public Grades PK, KG-5

664^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 680 Alabama Elementary Schools

Better than 2% of Alabama elementary schools

Summary

Johnson Elementary School is a public elementary school in Montgomery, Alabama, serving 360 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Montgomery County School District, which is ranked 109 out of 135 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Unfortunately, Johnson Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Alabama elementary schools over the past decade, with a ranking between 584 and 690 out of around 680-692 schools.

The school faces significant challenges in academic achievement, with only 19.3% of 3rd graders, 7.94% of 4th graders, and 0% of 5th graders proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 28.05% and 45.47% for the county and state, respectively. Additionally, Johnson Elementary has had high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.8% to 28.5% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average. The school also serves a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 86.65% to 87.5% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

In contrast to the lower-performing public schools in the area, the nearby Forest Avenue Elementary and Bear Exploration Center magnet schools demonstrate significantly higher academic achievement, with proficiency rates often exceeding 80-90% in core subjects. This highlights the potential impact of targeted resources and specialized programs on student outcomes. Addressing the challenges at Johnson Elementary will require a comprehensive, data-driven approach that targets the root causes of the school's underperformance and leverages the strengths of the surrounding community and district resources.

340

Students ?

16.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,200

Per pupil spending ?

79.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4550 Narrow Lane Rd
Montgomery, AL 36116-2998

(334) 284-8016

District: Montgomery County

Racial breakdown:

African American:

87.4%

Hispanic:

11.5%

Two or more races:

1.2%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — <1st percentile in 2015 → 2nd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (20% vs 52% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (27% vs 12% Alabama)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school20%

District avg34%

Alabama avg52%

664^th of 680

Alabama public elementary schools ?

Bottom 2%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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SchoolDigger rating ?

24^th of 29Elementary Schools in the Montgomery County

109^th of 135Montgomery County among Alabama districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	7.3	664 of 680	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.2	639 of 684	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.8	672 of 680	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.4	584 of 687	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.1	659 of 692	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.4	651 of 681	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	4.7	675 of 680	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	5.3	682 of 688	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	4.6	690 of 691	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	5.5	689 of 691	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	10.2	666 of 695	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	11.7	676 of 696	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	3.7	690 of 696	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	13.9	673 of 709	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	10.5	677 of 704	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	13.3	659 of 696	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	25.5	603 of 698	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	18.2	633 of 698	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	20.5	621 of 689	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	14.1	649 of 688	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	21.9	530 of 623	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	20.6	384 of 427	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.5	364 of 420	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.8	412 of 427	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	31.8	292 of 426	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	20.4	384 of 426	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.3	388 of 426	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.3	415 of 423	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	11.3	330 of 336	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	17.2	135 of 142	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	6.6	638 of 649	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.0	631 of 650	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.6	621 of 645	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	19.4	532 of 656	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.2	590 of 656	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.6	609 of 646	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.6	631 of 640	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	6.8	623 of 639	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	10.7	203 of 206	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	10.8	633 of 660	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.3	621 of 670	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.6	605 of 623	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	23.4	521 of 651	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.7	597 of 653	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.9	607 of 649	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.0	642 of 651	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	5.5	562 of 567	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	10.1	610 of 651	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.0	541 of 655	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	6.3	638 of 649	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.4	584 of 669	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	9.0	655 of 669	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.8	626 of 650	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.7	643 of 650	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	6.7	627 of 639	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2019	8.5	391 of 392	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	11.2	275 of 280	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2025)10th percentile+8 vs school

Male (2025)6th percentile+4 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)5th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)4th percentile~ school

Female (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)1st percentile~ school

Special Education (2019)<1st percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?

English33%-32 vs state

Science17%-25 vs state

Mathematics9%-33 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2025)					Summative Assessment Science (2025)	Summative Assessment English (2025)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment English 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 5th Grade	Summative Assessment English 6th Grade	Summative Assessment English 7th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Johnson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4550 Narrow Lane Rd	Montgomery	36116	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 284-8016	340	21	16.1	79.1%	0 (0.0%)	297 (87.4%)	39 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	7.3	664^th of 680 public elementary schools	2.4%		10.2	639^th of 684 public elementary schools	6.6%	25	19.3	7.9	0.0			17.5	36.4	28.3	33.3			$9,200	$1,927	$7,223
Crump Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3510 Woodley Rd	Montgomery	36116	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 284-8020	575	31	18.5	87.0%	8 (1.4%)	478 (83.1%)	73 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.6%)	8.3	652^nd of 680 public elementary schools	4.1%		12	616^th of 684 public elementary schools	9.9%	36	13.0	9.6	18.8			9.6	17.0	22.3	46.0			$8,818	$1,757	$7,009
Bear Exploration Center	Public, Magnet	K-5	2525 Churchill Dr	Montgomery	36111	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	Yes	No	No	(334) 284-8014	507	27	18.7	37.3%	114 (22.5%)	327 (64.5%)	26 (5.1%)	17 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.5%)	92	38^th of 680 public elementary schools	94.4%		94.9	24^th of 684 public elementary schools	96.5%	14	91.4	64.8	50.6			69.3	95.1	94.3	94.1			$8,121	$648	$7,421
Dannelly Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3425 Carter Hill Rd	Montgomery	36111	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 269-3657	588	37	15.8	84.5%	7 (1.2%)	488 (83.0%)	79 (13.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.0%)	14.3	594^th of 680 public elementary schools	12.6%		12.4	611^th of 684 public elementary schools	10.7%	17	17.7	22.4	17.2			24.7	28.3	42.9	37.1			$8,784	$1,396	$7,337
MacMillan International at McKee	Public, Magnet	K-5	4015 McInnis Road	Montgomery	36116	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(334) 284-7137	386	21	18.3	50.0%	14 (3.6%)	348 (90.2%)	11 (2.8%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.3%)	85.1	83^rd of 680 public elementary schools	87.8%		84.7	86^th of 684 public elementary schools	87.4%	3	83.1	49.3	46.6			52.2	96.6	91.3	94.5			$8,108	$39	$8,018
Davis Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-5	3605 Rosa Parks Dr	Montgomery	36105	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	Yes	No	No	Yes	(334) 269-3662	533	27	19.7	87.6%	4 (0.8%)	431 (80.9%)	90 (16.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.1%)	3.8	680^th of 680 public elementary schools	0.0%		4.5	681^st of 684 public elementary schools	0.4%	1	5.6	9.9	5.5			7.4	19.6	18.5	23.6			$9,516	$1,934	$7,531
Fitzpatrick Elementary School	Public	K-5	4055 Fitzpatrick Blvd	Montgomery	36116	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 284-8044	385	22	17.5	90.1%	4 (1.0%)	353 (91.7%)	23 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	8.1	654^th of 680 public elementary schools	3.8%		9.2	654^th of 684 public elementary schools	4.4%		17.7	18.2	14.0			9.1	17.7	21.2	40.0			$10,000	$2,231	$7,718
Forest Avenue Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	1700 W 5th St	Montgomery	36106	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	Yes	No	No	(334) 269-3673	617	38	16.2	25.6%	139 (22.5%)	190 (30.8%)	21 (3.4%)	226 (36.6%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	37 (6.0%)	98.7	1^st of 680 public elementary schools	99.9%		99.1	1^st of 684 public elementary schools	99.9%		96.6	87.2	94.4			88.3	100.0	97.9	100.0			$7,213	$507	$6,655
LIFE Academy at Historic St Jude Educational Institute	Public, Charter	K-7	2080 W Fairview Ave	Montgomery	36108	Montgomery County	LIFE Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(334) 315-0106	599	24	24.9	82.5%	2 (0.3%)	560 (93.5%)	16 (2.7%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.5%)	8	656^th of 680 public elementary schools	3.5%		6.6	669^th of 684 public elementary schools	2.2%	13	11.6	15.4	3.8	3.5	4.8	11.5	31.9	26.9	49.1	24.1	33.3
Southlawn Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5225 Patricia Ln	Montgomery	36108	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 284-8028	395	18	21.9	80.0%	5 (1.3%)	301 (76.2%)	85 (21.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	10.4	634^th of 680 public elementary schools	6.8%		6.7	667^th of 684 public elementary schools	2.5%	33	21.4	23.6	12.0			5.5	38.5	16.7	42.9			$9,210	$2,363	$6,798

Frequently Asked Questions about Johnson Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of Johnson Elementary School?

Students at Johnson Elementary School are 87% African American, 11% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.

Is Johnson Elementary School a good school?

Johnson Elementary School ranks in the bottom 2.4% of Alabama elementary schools.

How many students attend Johnson Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 340 students attended Johnson Elementary School.

What district is Johnson Elementary School in?

Montgomery County

What schools do graduates of Johnson Elementary School attend?

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

Middle : McKee Middle School

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