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How has ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317122002364
ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
10325 SOUTH 188TH STREET, OMAHA, NE 68136 · (402) 332-5617 · Sarpy County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
15.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
9 students
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 37%
Community
1
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 | 46 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.7%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
77.5%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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
70.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.7%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 416 | 2.2% | 70.3% |
| SKYLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELKHORN | 370 | 5.9% | 82.6% |
| HARVEST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRETNA | 489 | 7.0% | 74.7% |
| PALISADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 454 | 6.6% | 78.7% |
| NORRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIRTH | 512 | 8.0% | N/A |
| STRATFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BENNINGTON | 379 | 6.3% | 77.9% |
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 ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Sarpy County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #89 of 311 | #11 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #43 of 398 | #5 of 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #57 of 438 | #8 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #121 of 587 | #16 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #278 of 379 | #30 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.7% | #318 of 379 | #41 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.2% | #358 of 359 | #37 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #47 of 220 | #10 of 29 |
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
416
-86 (-17%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 416 | 26.5 | 15.7:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 33 | 16.0:1 | 5% (25) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 30.4 | 15.8:1 | 4% (21) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 4% (21) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 29.5 | 17.5:1 | 5% (28) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (516 to 416); teachers down 10% (29.5 to 26.5).
About ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school in Nebraska, located in OMAHA. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 416 students. It has 53% more students than the average for elementary schools in Nebraska (about 272).
GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS enrolls 7,013 students, and its 12 schools include ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
The share of White students at ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 88%. Other groups make up 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Sarpy County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 22%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 15.7:1, based on 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 21.0:1 average for elementary schools in Nebraska, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 2% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 23% average for public schools in Sarpy County, the school's rate is lower.
ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 56% of Nebraska public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Nebraska schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 70.3%; the prediction is 75.7%.
In Sarpy County, home to about 197,389 people, the median household earns about $103,321 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Sarpy County has 76 public schools with about 34,055 students, including ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is ASPEN CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 70.3% against a local average of 73.5%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 502 (2020-21) to 416 (2024-25).
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Sarpy County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,389
Census ACS
Median income
$103,321
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
34,055 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- GRETNA EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,009 students
- GRETNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 955 students
- ASPEN CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 863 students
- GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 784 students
- SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARYElementary · 499 students
- HARVEST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 489 students
Other schools in OMAHA
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,587 students
- MILLARD NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- MILLARD SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,526 students
- SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,412 students
- MILLARD WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,344 students
- WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,145 students
Other Aspen Creek Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Aspen Creek Elementary. ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Aspen Creek Elementary SchoolBroken Arrow, OK · 607 students
Nearby schools
- ASPEN CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 863
- GRETNA EAST HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,009
- SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 499
- HARVEST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 489
- GRETNA HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 955
- WHITETAIL CREEK ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 416 students in grades PK-05.
Is ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 88% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.