Enrollment
333
Elementary
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317284001137
BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1901 CALVERT ST, LINCOLN, NE 68502 · (402) 436-1123 · Lancaster County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
12.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
118 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
66.4%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
64.9%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (64.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 333 | 35.4% | 64.4% |
| COTTONWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 303 | 35.6% | 62.8% |
| TRUMBLE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PAPILLION | 364 | 32.4% | 64.2% |
| HUMANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LINCOLN | 487 | 32.9% | 70.4% |
| HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LINCOLN | 402 | 31.1% | 68.0% |
| ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LINCOLN | 360 | 37.8% | 61.0% |
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 BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #167 of 311 | #18 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #210 of 398 | #16 of 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #135 of 438 | #15 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #211 of 587 | #39 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #84 of 379 | #17 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #199 of 379 | #32 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.4% | #179 of 359 | #10 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #160 of 220 | #22 of 31 |
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
333
-43 (-11%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 333 | 26.7 | 12.5:1 | 35% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 350 | 26.4 | 13.3:1 | 38% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 360 | 27.7 | 13.0:1 | 37% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 376 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 37% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 354 | 27.3 | 12.9:1 | 29% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 399 | 28 | 14.3:1 | 28% (110) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 26 | 16.2:1 | 32% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | 29 | 15.2:1 | 11% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 582 | 33 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (354 to 333); teachers down 2% (27.3 to 26.7).
About BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL runs as a medium-sized elementary school in LINCOLN, Nebraska. The school reports 333 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Nebraska is about 272 students.
In LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 67 schools enroll a combined 42,301 students.
By race and ethnicity, BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 74% White. After that, the student body is 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 4% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 43%.
The school employs the equivalent of 26.7 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Nebraska is 21.0:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 35%.
The allk12 Grade for BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is B. Compared with Nebraska public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 58% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 64.4% actual, 64.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Nebraska.
Lancaster County has about 326,696 residents, and median household income is about $74,793, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Lancaster County number 97 and enroll about 48,123.
IRVING MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 376 to 333.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lancaster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
326,696
Census ACS
Median income
$74,793
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
97
48,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,110 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,086 students
- LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,982 students
- NORTH STAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,927 students
- LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,848 students
- LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,819 students
Other schools in LINCOLN
- SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,110 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,086 students
- LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,982 students
- NORTH STAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,927 students
- LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,848 students
- LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,819 students
Other Beattie Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Beattie Elementary. BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Beattie Elementary SchoolFORT COLLINS, CO · 302 students
Nearby schools
- IRVING MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 795
- ROUSSEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 587
- SARATOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 216
- PRESCOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 485
- SHERIDAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 352
- HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 333 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 74% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.