Elementary · Iowa
Lawson Elementary School
Lawson Elementary School, a public elementary school in Johnston, Iowa: grades k–5, 545 students, 13.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Johnston Comm School District.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 545
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.1
- Students per teacher
- 13.3
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 50% of elementary schools in Iowa
Median 13.3 · 668 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 64% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 89% of elementary schools in Iowa
Median 320 · 669 schools compared
Larger than 73% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Johnston Comm School District.
Location
- Address
- 5450 NW 62nd Ave, Johnston, IA 50131
- Phone
- (515)278-0478
- City or town
- Johnston
- County
- Polk County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–5 | 840 | 15.7 | |
| K–5 | 667 | 14.1 | |
| K–5 | 575 | 14.3 | |
Samuelson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 386 | 12.6 |
| Pre-K–5 | 622 | 12.8 | |
Moore Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 285 | 12.1 |
Sources
- 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).
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NCES 191545000532