Enrollment
292
Elementary
DISTRICT 292 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BATTLE CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 310354000054
BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
305 S 4TH, BATTLE CREEK, NE 68715 · (402) 675-8085 · Madison County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL292 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
62 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 37 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 33 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (33).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→BATTLE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL
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NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
76.9%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
77.3%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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
75.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (75.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 292 | 21.2% | 75.1% |
| YUTAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YUTAN | 272 | 20.6% | 72.1% |
| ASHLAND-GREENWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ASHLAND | 247 | 19.8% | 68.1% |
| NORTH BEND CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH BEND | 277 | 24.9% | 75.9% |
| PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PIERCE | 338 | 23.4% | 69.2% |
| MALCOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MALCOLM | 341 | 17.6% | 74.9% |
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 BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #32 of 311 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #47 of 398 | #2 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #26 of 438 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 292 | #260 of 587 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #210 of 379 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.1% | #359 of 379 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.2% | #277 of 359 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +39.7% | #8 of 135 | N/A |
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
292
+35 (+14%) vs 2020
+85% since 1990-91, when it was 158
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 292 | 19.9 | 14.7:1 | 21% (62) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 18.9 | 14.8:1 | 25% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 293 | 18.6 | 15.7:1 | 25% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 257 | 17 | 15.1:1 | 25% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 209 | 14.7 | 14.2:1 | 25% (52) |
| 2015-16 | 209 | 14 | 14.9:1 | 22% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 217 | 15 | 14.5:1 | 25% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 201 | 13 | 15.5:1 | 20% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 158 | 9 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 40% (209 to 292); teachers up 35% (14.7 to 19.9).
About BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in BATTLE CREEK, Nebraska. Enrollment totals 292 students across pre-K through 6.
District-wide, BATTLE CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS has 2 schools and 584 students.
White students are 93% of those enrolled at BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The rest of enrollment is 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Madison County's population at about 80%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 13%.
A staff of 19.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Nebraska, 21.0:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 21%. The average for public schools in Madison County is 47%.
On the allk12 Grade, BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at A, ahead of 91% of Nebraska public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is +6.1 points: 75.1% actual, 69.0% predicted.
Madison County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $63,128 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Madison County with 22 other public schools.
BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is BATTLE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 8 nearby schools, at 75.1% versus a 62.2% average.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 292, up from 257 in 2020-21.
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Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,532
Census ACS
Median income
$63,128
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
6,196 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BATTLE CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- BATTLE CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 292 students
Other Battle Creek Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Battle Creek Elementary. BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Battle Creek Elementary SchoolSpring Hill, TN · 682 students
- Battle Creek Elementary SchoolSAINT PAUL, MN · 470 students
- Battle Creek Elementary SchoolSalem, OR · 426 students
Nearby schools
- BATTLE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 292
- LITTLE PANTHERS PRESCHOOL8.2 mi · 319
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.9 mi · 194
- BEL AIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.1 mi · 333
- GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.4 mi · 194
- NORFOLK JR HIGH SCHOOL9.7 mi · 631
Frequently asked questions
About BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 292 students in grades PK-06.
Is BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BATTLE CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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