1
Enrollment
664
Elementary
DISTRICT 464 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317011002373
BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY
3600 S 215TH STREET, ELKHORN, NE 68022 · (402) 289-3577 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL664 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
15.0:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
19 students
DISTRICT 10% · 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 | 69 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
89.3%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
90.5%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NE schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
88.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.4%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 75% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 13 points, placing it in Nebraska's top 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 BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY
BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY's state test result (88.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY this school | 664 | 2.9% | 88.5% |
| MANCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 444 | 7.7% | 81.7% |
| WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 405 | 5.4% | 83.9% |
| WEST DODGE STATION ELEMENTARY ELKHORN | 434 | 6.5% | 80.5% |
| ARBOR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELKHORN | 555 | 9.7% | 75.5% |
| ANCHOR POINTE ELEMENTARY BENNINGTON | 544 | 6.4% | 72.2% |
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 BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.5% | #1 of 311 | #1 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.5% | #1 of 398 | #1 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.3% | #1 of 438 | #1 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 664 | #15 of 587 | #5 of 125 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #235 of 379 | #48 of 117 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #238 of 379 | #93 of 117 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.9% | #357 of 359 | #55 of 55 |
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
664
+307 (+86%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 664 | 44.3 | 15.0:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 4% (27) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 34.6 | 16.3:1 | 4% (23) |
| 2020-21 | 357 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 3% (9) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY.
About BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY
BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY is a high-enrollment elementary school in ELKHORN, Nebraska. The school had 664 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Nebraska) has about 272 students.
The 20 schools of ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, including BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY, enroll 11,653 students.
Roughly 77% of students at BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY are White. Other groups make up 11% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Black. County-wide, 69% of Douglas County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.0:1. That is lower than the 21.0:1 average for elementary schools in Nebraska. Eligible students account for 3% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. On average, public schools in Douglas County report 25%.
Measured against Nebraska public elementary schools, BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Nebraska schools that have similar shares of low-income students, BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY does better than predicted by 13.1 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 88.5%; the prediction is 75.4%.
Within Douglas County, the median household income is $80,391, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. In all, Douglas County has 207 public schools and roughly 98,640 students.
Nearby, REAGAN ELEMENTARY is about 1.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY's average proficiency of 88.5% compares with 78.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The federal government classifies BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY's location as Rural: Fringe.
In 2020-21 the school reported 357 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 664. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
590,736
Census ACS
Median income
$80,391
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
207
98,640 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- ELKHORN SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,434 students
- ELKHORN NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,050 students
- ELKHORN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 769 students
- ELKHORN VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 679 students
- WOODBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 641 students
- ELKHORN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 631 students
Other schools in ELKHORN
- ELKHORN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 769 students
- ELKHORN VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 679 students
- WOODBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 641 students
- ELKHORN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 631 students
- ARBOR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 555 students
- FIRE RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 469 students
Nearby schools
- REAGAN ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 498
- ELKHORN VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 679
- ELKHORN SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,434
- SKYLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 370
- WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 405
- FALLING WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARYHow large is BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY?
BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 664 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY serve?
BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY?
BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 77% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 11% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY?
BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY is overseen by ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Douglas County.
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