ALDRICH ELEMENTARY

ALDRICH ELEMENTARY, a sizable primary school in OMAHA, Nebraska, overseen by MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, instructs 462 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 70% above the state mean of about 272.

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

In terms of who attends, ALDRICH ELEMENTARY logs that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest comes out to 25% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. An estimated 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Douglas County (around 25%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, ALDRICH ELEMENTARY sits in the top 10% of Nebraska schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 73.5%; actual is 86.1%, +12.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Douglas County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $80,391 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Douglas County runs 207 public schools (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students), of which ALDRICH ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is KIEWIT MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ALDRICH ELEMENTARY at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 74.9%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ALDRICH ELEMENTARY has held roughly steady, going from 471 students in 2018 to 462 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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