NCES CCD 2024-25 17 schools TN

Best-Resourced Schools in Johnson City, TN

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17 public K-12 schools in Johnson City from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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17
Schools
10,183
Students
46.4/100
Avg Resource Index
14:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Johnson City has more public-school enrollment than 81% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Johnson City sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

12 of Johnson City's 17 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 31-point gap between Central Elementary and Boones Creek Elementary School shows the range hidden by Johnson City's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 19%
School count
Top 19%
Resource Index average
76th percentile
Teacher staffing
67th percentile

Science Hill High School accounts for 23.2% of all Johnson City public-school enrollment

That concentration means Johnson City-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Johnson City school enrollment varies 64× across entities

Johnson City school enrollment ranges from 37 students (lowest) to 2,359 students (highest), a spread of 2,322 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Johnson City student-teacher ratio is 14.0:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Johnson City is typically wider than the Johnson City-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Central Elementary 60
2. University School 56
3. Towne Acres Elementary 56
4. Johnson City Virtual Academy 56
5. Indian Trail Middle School 53
6. South Side Elementary 53
7. Fairmont Elementary 50
8. Cherokee Elementary 49
9. Tennessee Virtual Learning Academy 48
10. North Side Elementary 44
11. Happy Valley Elementary 43
12. Woodland Elementary 42
13. Liberty Bell Middle School 40
14. Mountain View Elementary 40
15. Lake Ridge Elementary 38
16. Science Hill High School 32
17. Boones Creek Elementary School 29

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Johnson City

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Mountain View Elementary 68.0/100
  2. 2 North Side Elementary 67.5/100
  3. 3 Cherokee Elementary 58.9/100
  4. 4 South Side Elementary 57.2/100
  5. 5 Liberty Bell Middle School 55.9/100

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Which Johnson City school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Central Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Johnson City schools in this federal-data comparison at 60/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Johnson City, TN? ▼

Johnson City has 17 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,183 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.