Summary
Lyndon B Johnson Elementary is a small, rural school in Johnson City, TX, serving 310 students in grades PK-5 within the Johnson City Independent School District (Isd). While the school has historically been a solid performer, earning 3 or 4 stars in recent years, the most recent data for the 2025-2026 school year reveals a dramatic and concerning drop in its overall state ranking, falling from the 69th percentile to the 30th percentile. This sharp decline is the most critical story for this school, especially when compared to nearby schools like Dripping Springs Elementary and West Cypress Hills Elementary, which are consistently ranked in the 80th-90th percentiles.
The most striking differentiator is the school's sudden, system-wide failure in Math. For example, 3rd-grade math proficiency fell from 42.19% to 19.15% in a single year, far below the state average of 44.33%. This is a 23-percentage-point drop, a trend not seen in any comparable schools. Interestingly, the school spends significantly more per student ($12,795) than high-performing peers like Dripping Springs Elementary ($9,702), suggesting the issue is not funding but likely instructional strategy or curriculum changes. A similar small, rural school just 15 miles away, Stonewall Elementary, is ranked in the 86th percentile, proving that high results are achievable in this area with the right support.
The data also shows a severe achievement gap for Hispanic students, who ranked in the 3rd percentile statewide in 2025-2026, a catastrophic drop from the 41st percentile the year prior. Additionally, the school's support for "At Risk" and "Low Socio Economic Status" students, which was strong in 2023-2024 (60th and 67th percentiles), completely broke down by 2025-2026, with Low SES students dropping to the 12th percentile. This suggests that the programs or teachers successfully supporting these students may have been lost or changed. Lyndon B Johnson Elementary is at a critical inflection point and needs an urgent, data-driven review of its instructional practices to reverse this alarming trend.
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