Regular local school district · Polk County
Johnston Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Johnston Comm School District runs 8 public schools with 7,373 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.5 students per teacher is 1.1 higher than the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 7,373
- Teachers (FTE)
- 475
- Students per teacher
- 15.5
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 6510 NW 62nd Ave, Johnston, IA 50131
- Phone
- (515)278-0470
- County
- Polk County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1915450
- State district ID
- IA-773231 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,026
- School counselors (FTE)
- 17.0About 434 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 24.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.5
Iowa14.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (7,408), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $120.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $7.8 million
- State revenue
- $56.1 million
- Local revenue
- $56.1 million
- Total spending
- $95.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,896
- Salaries
- $51.5 million53.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $88.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.5%
- State: 46.8%
- Local: 46.7%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,896
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Johnston Comm School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 1 secondary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Beaver Creek Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 575 | 14.4 |
| Henry A Wallace Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 840 | 15.8 |
| Horizon Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 613 | 13.9 |
| Johnston Middle School | Secondary | 8 to 9 | 1,161 | 16.4 |
| Johnston Senior High School | High | 10 to 12 | 1,820 | 20.9 |
| Lawson Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 545 | 13.3 |
| Summit Middle School | Middle | 6 to 7 | 1,118 | 15.5 |
| Timber Ridge Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 667 | 14.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Polk County
- Des Moines Independent Comm School District 30,048 students
- Ankeny Comm School District 12,746 students
- West Des Moines Comm School District 9,110 students
- Southeast Polk Comm School District 7,501 students
- Urbandale Comm School District 4,208 students
- Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District 2,824 students
- North Polk Comm School District 2,336 students
- Clayton Ridge Comm School District 2,066 students
- Saydel Comm School District 1,409 students
- Charter Organization: Concept Schools 150 students
- Charter Organization: Oakmont Education 72 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.