BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY

As a sizable K-5 school in ELKHORN, Nebraska, BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY instructs 664 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY sits 144% above that benchmark.

BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY is one of 20 schools operated by ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that serves 11,653 students overall.

On demographics, BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY logs that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 11% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 3% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Douglas County's rate of about 25%.

With demographic context factored in, BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY sits in the top 10% of Nebraska schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 75.4%; actual is 88.5%, +13.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Douglas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,391 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Douglas County runs 207 public schools (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students), of which BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY is one.

REAGAN ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 78.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

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