ACKERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a well-populated elementary school in OMAHA, Nebraska, ACKERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL instructs 453 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 67% above typical.

MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 34 schools with combined enrollment of 23,253 students; ACKERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ACKERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school reports 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian, 4% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ACKERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.4%, the actual is 75.2%, a residual of +7.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Douglas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,391 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Douglas County runs 207 public schools (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students), of which ACKERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

MILLARD SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ACKERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 62.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 480 students in 2018 compared to 453 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 81% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the ACKERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.