BETZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BETZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-tier elementary school in BELLEVUE, Nebraska, part of BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, works with 241 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Within BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 20 schools and 9,502 students, BETZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, BETZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 26% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Sarpy County's rate of about 23%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BETZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.8%; this one delivers 50.5%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Sarpy County indicate median household earnings sit near $103,321, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Sarpy County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,055 students), of which BETZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

BELLEVUE MISSION MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BETZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BETZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 56.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. BETZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 30% since 2018, when it stood at 342 (now 241). White enrollment moved from 61% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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