Enrollment
360
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 310381001505
BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1212 FAIRFAX DR, BELLEVUE, NE 68005 · (402) 293-4635 · Sarpy County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL360 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
180 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 25 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 13% smaller than its 6th grade class (47).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
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NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.8%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
53.5%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 360 | 50.0% | 53.5% |
| MEADOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 330 | 49.1% | 65.3% |
| AVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLEVUE | 352 | 46.3% | 55.4% |
| TWIN RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLEVUE | 288 | 47.9% | 54.8% |
| SEYMOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RALSTON | 286 | 56.3% | 71.3% |
| CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LINCOLN | 337 | 52.5% | 56.4% |
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 BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Sarpy County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #283 of 311 | #34 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #316 of 398 | #38 of 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #314 of 438 | #36 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 360 | #178 of 587 | #30 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #214 of 379 | #20 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #67 of 379 | #8 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #88 of 359 | #4 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #220 of 220 | #29 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
360
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 360 | 24.4 | 14.8:1 | 50% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 24.4 | 14.1:1 | 51% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 26.9 | 12.5:1 | 55% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 367 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 60% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 26.6 | 13.6:1 | 61% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 395 | 25 | 15.8:1 | 63% (250) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 50% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | 23 | 17.1:1 | 27% (107) |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 23 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (362 to 360); teachers down 8% (26.6 to 24.4).
About BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in BELLEVUE, Nebraska, and it is part of BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Enrollment is 360 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 6. The average for elementary schools in Nebraska is about 272 students, so this school is 32% bigger than average.
In BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 20 schools enroll a combined 9,502 students.
At BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 54% of the student body. Next come 26% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 8% Black. The county population is about 79% White. The school's diversity index is 62%, meaning two students picked at random have a 62% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1 at BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 6.3 below the 21.0:1 average for elementary schools in Nebraska. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 50%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sarpy County is 23%.
After adjusting for student poverty, BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Nebraska schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 53.5%; the prediction is 58.8%.
In the county around the school, Sarpy County, the median household income is $103,321, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Sarpy County is home to 76 public schools and about 34,055 public school students.
The closest other public school is LOGAN FONTENELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is behind the 55.3% nearby average, ranking 5th of 7.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 367; in 2024-25, 360. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.6:1 to 14.8:1.
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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 BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- BELLEVUE WEST SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,529 students
- BELLEVUE EAST SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,420 students
- WAKE ROBIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 543 students
- FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 486 students
- LOGAN FONTENELLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 480 students
- LEWIS & CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 476 students
Other schools in BELLEVUE
- BELLEVUE WEST SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,529 students
- BELLEVUE EAST SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,420 students
- WAKE ROBIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 543 students
- FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 486 students
- LOGAN FONTENELLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 480 students
- LEWIS & CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 476 students
Nearby schools
- LOGAN FONTENELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 480
- WAKE ROBIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 543
- TWIN RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 288
- BELLEVUE EAST SR HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,420
- ESU 3 HEAD START - BELLEAIRE0.8 mi · 16
- BELLEAIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 328
Frequently asked questions
About BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 360 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.8:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 54% White, 26% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Sarpy County.
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