School district · Iowa

Johnston Comm School District

Johnston Comm School District in Iowa: 8 public schools with 7,339 students and 15.4 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $12,934 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 8
Students: 7,339
Students per teacher: 15.4; IA 13.8 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $12,934; IA $13.6K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 476
Counselors (FTE): 18.0
Students per counselor: 408; IA 335 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 0.0; Librarians (FTE): 6.0

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$9.8K15

$9.8K16

$10.2K17

$10.6K18

$11.1K19

$11.0K20

$11.4K21

$11.8K22

$12.3K23

$12.9K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 4.3% · $5.2M
State: 52% · $61.9M
Local: 44% · $53.1M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $8,205
Support services: $4,221
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $8.4M
Long-term debt: $32.8M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 5Middle schools: 1High schools: 2

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Beaver Creek Elementary School	K–5	575	14.3	Johnston
Henry A Wallace Elementary School	Pre-K–5	840	15.7	Johnston
Horizon Elementary	K–5	613	13.9	Johnston
Lawson Elementary School	K–5	545	13.3	Johnston
Timber Ridge Elementary	K–5	667	14.1	Johnston
Summit Middle School	6–7	1,118	15.4	Johnston
Johnston Middle School	8–9	1,161	16.3	Johnston
Johnston Senior High School	10–12	1,820	20.9	Johnston

Sources

Address: 6510 NW 62nd Ave, Johnston, IA 50131
Phone: (515)278-0470

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).