Enrollment
70
Elementary
DISTRICT 66 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLEN CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS·NCES 310288000009
ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
126 E 5TH, ALLEN, NE 68710 · (402) 635-2484 · Dixon County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL70 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nebraska public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 6.7:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
28 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 37%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 13 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 6 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 11 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 6 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 6 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 10 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 6 | 9% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within ALLEN CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.1%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
54.3%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
Source: NSCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nebraska's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (56.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 70 | 40.0% | 56.1% |
| BOYD COUNTY ELEMENTARY (BUTTE) BUTTE | 68 | 42.6% | 66.9% |
| LAKE MINATARE SCHOOL MINATARE | 76 | 42.1% | 59.3% |
| HYANNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HYANNIS | 87 | 39.1% | 56.5% |
| BRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADY | 83 | 37.3% | N/A |
| ARCADIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARCADIA | 82 | 39.0% | 63.9% |
Matched among Nebraska elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 70 | #532 of 587 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
70
-7 (-9%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 109
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
was 9.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70 | 9.9 | 7.0:1 | 40% (28) |
| 2023-24 | 79 | 10.4 | 7.6:1 | 56% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 75 | 10.3 | 7.3:1 | 48% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 77 | 8 | 9.6:1 | 60% (46) |
| 2017-18 | 84 | 10 | 8.4:1 | 48% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 91 | 9 | 10.1:1 | 43% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 100 | 9 | 11.1:1 | 46% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 122 | 8 | 15.3:1 | 39% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 109 | 9 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (84 to 70); teachers down 1% (10 to 9.9).
About ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school run by ALLEN CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS in ALLEN, Nebraska. Its enrollment is 70 students, spread over pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Nebraska average about 272 students, which makes this school 74% below average.
The 2 schools in ALLEN CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS enroll 131 students altogether, ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
White students account for 96% of the school's enrollment. It is also 3% Hispanic. Dixon County's residents are about 83% White, 13 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 8% means there is an 8% chance two randomly chosen students at ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
There are about 7.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which has 9.9. Elementary schools in Nebraska average 21.0:1, 14.0 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 40%.
ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of Nebraska public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6.3 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 56.1% actual, 62.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Nebraska.
The county, Dixon County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $72,454, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 5, with about 557 students.
ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL (less than a tenth of a mile). On average proficiency, ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
The school's student count fell 9% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher dropped from 9.6 to 7.0 over 4 years.
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Dixon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,545
Census ACS
Median income
$72,454
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Allen Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 10 states are named Allen Elementary. ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 12th largest of the 12.
- Allen Elementary SchoolFRISCO, TX · 677 students
- Allen ElemWichita, KS · 514 students
- Allen Elementary SchoolAllen, KY · 462 students
- Allen Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 442 students
- Allen Elementary SchoolColumbus, GA · 436 students
Nearby schools
- ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 61
- WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL10.4 mi · 234
- WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.4 mi · 341
- EMERSON-HUBBARD ELEMENTARY SCH10.9 mi · 100
- EMERSON-HUBBARD MIDDLE SCHOOL11.4 mi · 40
- EMERSON-HUBBARD HIGH SCHOOL11.4 mi · 71
Frequently asked questions
About ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 70 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 7.0:1 students per teacher at ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 96% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALLEN CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS.
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