Johnston Elementary School, 2031 East Cherokee Drive, Woodstock: grades PK-5, 507 students in 2025, CCRPI 69.4. Zone, report card and bell times.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Johnston Elementary website, the Cherokee County School District’s boundary maps, geographic assignment chart (PDF), start and end times and 2026-27 calendar, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.
Johnston Elementary School is a Cherokee County School District elementary school for pre-K through fifth grade. Its mailing address says Woodstock, but the campus sits outside the city limits, in unincorporated Cherokee County, according to the Census Bureau’s geocoder.
Its principal, Dr. Lori Etheridge, writes on the school’s administration page that she was previously an assistant principal at Mountain Road Elementary for five years and then at Boston Elementary. The school’s mascot is the Jaguar, the same page says.
- Address: 2031 East Cherokee Drive, Woodstock, GA 30188
- Phone: 770-721-8461
- Grades: Pre-K to 5
- Website: johnstones.cherokeek12.net
- School day: 7:35 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Who to call
- Johnston Elementary front office: 770-721-8461
- Which school serves my address: the district, 770-479-1871, or its boundary maps
- Enroll a student: the district’s online registration; help at enrollment.support@cherokee.incidentiq.com
- Buses: the district’s River Ridge zone transportation line, 770-721-5576, listed on its transportation contacts page, and the bus stop look-up
Principal
Principal Dr. Lori Etheridge, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 507 students at Johnston Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data, covering the 2024-25 school year, against 488 a year earlier. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 494 students and 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.5 students per teacher.
State report card
Johnston Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 69.4, according to the state’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for elementary schools was 78.6 and the Cherokee County School District’s was 85.3. The school scored 79.0 in 2023 and 86.3 in 2024. Scores can move a lot from one year to the next at a single school. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Johnston Elementary report card.
CCRPI is the Georgia Department of Education’s “comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform,” according to GaDOE. The single score runs from 0 to 100 and is built from content mastery, progress, closing gaps and readiness. Georgia does not publish an A-to-F letter grade for schools in its 2025 data.
Georgia Milestones end-of-grade tests, 2025, share of tested students scoring Proficient and Distinguished, the two upper achievement levels:
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 38.5% | 15.8% |
| Math | 35.5% | 18.4% |
| Science (fifth grade) | 30% | 15.6% |
In the same data, 52.1% of third graders and 66% of fifth graders read at or above the state’s grade-level target.
Attendance zone
Zones are set by the district and do not follow city limits or ZIP codes. Open the district’s Johnston Elementary zone map (PDF) from its boundary maps page, or call 770-479-1871 to confirm the school for an address, as the district’s enrollment page advises.
The district’s geographic assignment chart (PDF) sends Johnston Elementary students to Mill Creek Middle and then River Ridge High.
Our neighborhood guides with homes in this zone: Arnold Mill Road and Trickum Road.
We found no boundary change approved by the school board that affects Johnston Elementary for 2026-27. The district says the superintendent recommends school boundaries and the board approves them each year, with focus-group hearings when new schools open or growth requires changes.
Calendar and bell times
The district’s start and end times page has Johnston Elementary starting at 7:35 a.m. and dismissing at 2:15 p.m. for 2026-27 (all district elementary schools keep the same hours).
From the district’s 2026-27 calendar:
- Monday, Oct. 12: student holiday, teacher planning
- Oct. 13-16: elementary conference days, early release for pre-K to fifth grade at 11:30 a.m.
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, remote learning day for students
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break, schools and district closed
- Friday, Dec. 18: last day of the first semester
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: holiday break; Monday, Jan. 4, is a student holiday and classes resume Tuesday, Jan. 5
- Jan. 28-29: conference days, early release for all grades
- Feb. 15-19 and April 5-9: weeklong breaks
- Tuesday, May 25, 2027: last day of school
More
- The school’s website
- The state’s report card for Johnston Elementary
- The district’s boundary maps
- Every public school in Woodstock, with zones and scores: our Woodstock public schools guide
- District calendar, registration and the school board: our Woodstock schools guide
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Johnston Elementary serve?
Pre-K through fifth grade. The state counted 507 students in the 2024-25 school year.
What is Johnston Elementary’s CCRPI score?
69.4 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia elementary school average of 78.6 and a Cherokee County School District average of 85.3.
Which middle and high school does Johnston Elementary feed into?
Mill Creek Middle and then River Ridge High, according to the Cherokee County School District’s geographic assignment chart.
What time does Johnston Elementary start?
The district’s 2026-27 schedule has Johnston Elementary starting at 7:35 a.m. and dismissing at 2:15 p.m.
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