Johnstonville Elementary School is located at 704-795 Bangham Lane, Susanville, CA 96130. The school serves students in kindergarten through grade 8. Enrollment stands at 198 students as of the 2023–24 school year. The student-teacher ratio is 23:1. The student body is 49% female and 51% male. State testing shows that 37% of students reached proficiency in math and 47% in reading. Johnstonville operates as the sole campus within the Johnstonville Elementary School District, which is a single-school district. It serves a predominantly White rural student body in the eastern Susanville Valley. The school offers 10 sports programs and has an Expanded Learning Opportunity Program that will expand in 2025 to serve students from transitional kindergarten (TK) through grade 8. Johnstonville draws enrollment through Johnstonville Elementary School District's rural K–8 attendance boundary, functioning independently from Susanville Elementary School District with its own elected board and governance. Local housing values average $225,000 based on current Susanville area market data. Ranked in the top 50% of California schools, Johnstonville Elementary stands among the best elementary schools in California for rural single-school K–8 districts, with reading proficiency above the state average in the Susanville CA school district area.