Johnston Community School District

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public school district school district in Iowa

Johnston Community School District is a public school district serving students in and around the city of Johnston in the Des Moines metropolitan area of central Iowa.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Johnston Public Schools	5
Johnston Community School District canonical	3
Johnston Public Schools district	2
Johnston School District	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3922272 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Johnston Community School District
Context triple: [Polk County, Iowa, hasEducationalInstitution, Johnston Community School District]

A. Madison County School District
Madison County School District is the public education system responsible for operating and overseeing the K–12 schools serving students in Madison County, Florida.
B. Columbia County School District
Columbia County School District is the public education system serving students in Columbia County, Georgia, operating the county’s network of elementary, middle, and high schools.
C. Highland Community School District
Highland Community School District is a public school district serving students in and around rural communities in Washington County, Iowa.
D. Washington County School District
Washington County School District is the public education system responsible for operating and overseeing the K–12 schools in Washington County, Florida.
E. Meade County Schools
Meade County Schools is the public school district serving students in Meade County, Kentucky.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Johnston Community School District
Target entity description: Johnston Community School District is a public school district serving students in and around the city of Johnston in the Des Moines metropolitan area of central Iowa.

A. Madison County School District
Madison County School District is the public education system responsible for operating and overseeing the K–12 schools serving students in Madison County, Florida.
B. Columbia County School District
Columbia County School District is the public education system serving students in Columbia County, Georgia, operating the county’s network of elementary, middle, and high schools.
C. Highland Community School District
Highland Community School District is a public school district serving students in and around rural communities in Washington County, Iowa.
D. Washington County School District
Washington County School District is the public education system responsible for operating and overseeing the K–12 schools in Washington County, Florida.
E. Meade County Schools
Meade County Schools is the public school district serving students in Meade County, Kentucky.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public school district ⓘ school district in Iowa ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
educationLevel	K–12 ⓘ
followsEducationStandards	Iowa Core Curriculum ⓘ surface form: Iowa Core standards
fundingType	publicly funded ⓘ
governedBy	Iowa Department of Education ⓘ
governingBodyType	elected school board ⓘ
hasLanguageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
hasSchoolType	elementary school ⓘ high school ⓘ middle school ⓘ
hasServiceAreaCharacteristic	growing community ⓘ suburban ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea	Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Des Moines metropolitan area
locatedInRegion	central Iowa ⓘ
offersProgram	athletics ⓘ extracurricular activities ⓘ general education ⓘ special education ⓘ
operatesIn	Polk County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
schoolSystemType	American public school system ⓘ
sector	public education ⓘ
servesCity	Johnston, Iowa ⓘ
state	Iowa ⓘ

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