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Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 317527002232
BELL ELEMENTARY
7909 REED STREET, PAPILLION, NE 68046 · (402) 898-0408 · Sarpy County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
58 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 26% smaller than its 6th grade class (76).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
71.1%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
72.0%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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
72.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.3%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 BELL ELEMENTARY
BELL ELEMENTARY's state test result (72.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL ELEMENTARY this school | 488 | 11.9% | 72.3% |
| FALLING WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 417 | 11.3% | 66.5% |
| REAGAN ELEMENTARY OMAHA | 498 | 15.1% | 74.7% |
| CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LINCOLN | 556 | 16.9% | 74.3% |
| GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL OMAHA | 454 | 17.4% | 83.9% |
| PALISADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 454 | 6.6% | 78.7% |
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 BELL ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Sarpy County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #68 of 311 | #8 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #108 of 398 | #9 of 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #75 of 438 | #11 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #56 of 587 | #6 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #318 of 379 | #41 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.4% | #245 of 379 | #34 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.9% | #330 of 359 | #30 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #150 of 220 | #21 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
488
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+51% since 2010-11, when it was 324
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 488 | 29.5 | 16.6:1 | 12% (58) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 29.9 | 16.0:1 | 14% (68) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 30.9 | 15.4:1 | 12% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 10% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 30.4 | 17.2:1 | 8% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 34 | 16.3:1 | 10% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 324 | 21 | 15.4:1 | 15% (49) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BELL ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (523 to 488); teachers down 3% (30.4 to 29.5).
About BELL ELEMENTARY
BELL ELEMENTARY is a public elementary school in PAPILLION, Nebraska. Its enrollment is 488 students, spread over pre-K through 6. On average, elementary schools in Nebraska enroll around 272, and this school is 79% larger than that mark.
PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS counts 22 schools and 12,069 students, including BELL ELEMENTARY.
More than half of enrollment at BELL ELEMENTARY is White: 78%. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. In Sarpy County overall, the White share is about 79%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BELL ELEMENTARY scores 37%.
Based on 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, BELL ELEMENTARY has a ratio of 16.6:1. The gap from the 21.0:1 average for elementary schools in Nebraska is 4.4 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 12%. The average for public schools in Sarpy County is 23%.
In Nebraska, BELL ELEMENTARY is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 72.3% actual against a predicted 72.3%.
In the wider Sarpy County area, median household income comes to about $103,321, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Sarpy County's 76 public schools enroll about 34,055 students and include BELL ELEMENTARY.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, ESU 3 HEAD START - SCCDC, is about 1.1 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, BELL ELEMENTARY is 2nd among 7 schools close by.
NCES describes the area around BELL ELEMENTARY as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 487 students in 2020-21 and 488 in 2024-25.
The BELL ELEMENTARY discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
- PAPILLION LA VISTA SOUTH HSHigh · 2,038 students
- PAPILLION LA VISTA SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,867 students
- LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 719 students
- PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 635 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 522 students
- PRAIRIE QUEEN ELEMENTARYElementary · 514 students
Other schools in PAPILLION
- PAPILLION LA VISTA SOUTH HSHigh · 2,038 students
- PAPILLION LA VISTA SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,867 students
- PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 635 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 522 students
- PRAIRIE QUEEN ELEMENTARYElementary · 514 students
- WALNUT CREEK ELEMENTARYElementary · 451 students
Other Bell Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Bell Elementary. BELL ELEMENTARY is the 5th largest of the 10.
- Bell Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 902 students
- BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBELL, FL · 656 students
- Bell Elementary SchoolTYLER, TX · 540 students
- Bell Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 539 students
- Bell Elementary SchoolMonticello, KY · 432 students
Nearby schools
- ESU 3 HEAD START - SCCDC1.1 mi · 27
- WALNUT CREEK ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 451
- CARRIAGE HILL ELEMENTARY SCH1.4 mi · 386
- PATRIOT ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 361
- TRUMBLE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 364
- PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 635
Frequently asked questions
About BELL ELEMENTARYHow many students attend BELL ELEMENTARY?
BELL ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 488 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does BELL ELEMENTARY serve?
BELL ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at BELL ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at BELL ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is BELL ELEMENTARY?
BELL ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 78% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is BELL ELEMENTARY public or private?
BELL ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.