ARBOR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ARBOR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a large elementary school in ELKHORN, Nebraska, one of the schools within ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, serves 555 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 104% bigger than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 272 students.

Within ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 20 schools and 11,653 students, ARBOR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, ARBOR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 14% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Black. Compared to Douglas County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 10% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Douglas County's rate of about 25%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ARBOR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.0%; this one delivers 75.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Douglas County) shows that median household income runs about $80,391, 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 ARBOR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is HILLRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ARBOR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 77.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 65%: 336 students in 2018 compared to 555 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 66% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.