Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317281001130
BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1003 N HARRISON, LEXINGTON, NE 68850 · (308) 324-3762 · Dawson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
199 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.2%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
58.7%
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 59 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
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 385 | 51.7% | 58.0% |
| WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAKEFIELD | 341 | 55.1% | 58.1% |
| NORTH PARK ELEMENTARY COLUMBUS | 304 | 58.9% | 48.4% |
| EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COLUMBUS | 286 | 62.9% | 55.3% |
| GIBBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GIBBON | 324 | 45.7% | 58.2% |
| CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COLUMBUS | 353 | 62.0% | 49.4% |
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 BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Dawson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #241 of 311 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #277 of 398 | #3 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #313 of 438 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #149 of 587 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #290 of 379 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.2% | #248 of 379 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.7% | #80 of 359 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.0% | #57 of 135 | #4 of 6 |
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
385
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 301
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 385 | 24.3 | 15.9:1 | 52% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 386 | 24 | 16.1:1 | 55% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 383 | 24.2 | 15.9:1 | 54% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 23 | 16.3:1 | 58% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 347 | 22.4 | 15.5:1 | 58% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 22 | 15.3:1 | 58% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 286 | 20 | 14.3:1 | 64% (182) |
| 2000-01 | 292 | 17 | 17.2:1 | 76% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 301 | 16 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (347 to 385); teachers up 8% (22.4 to 24.3).
About BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LEXINGTON, Nebraska, is home to BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. There are 385 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 42% larger than the average for elementary schools in Nebraska.
LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS serves 3,242 students across 7 schools.
About 76% of the student body at BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 23% White. Among people living in Dawson County, the Hispanic share is about 37%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 37, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.9 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Nebraska, 21.0:1, is higher. BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 52%. It compares with 61% for public schools in Dawson County.
Compared with Nebraska schools that have similar shares of low-income students, BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are within a point of predicted: 58.0% against 58.3%.
For the population of Dawson County, the median household earns about $69,880 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Dawson County, 19 public schools serve about 5,509 students.
LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.3 miles from BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds 6 other public schools. BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 1st of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Town: Remote in federal locale data.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 374 (2020-21) to 385 (2024-25).
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Dawson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
24,202
Census ACS
Median income
$69,880
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
5,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 915 students
- LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 672 students
- SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 358 students
- MORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 321 students
- PERSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 312 students
- EARLY LEARNING ACADEMYElementary · 279 students
Other schools in LEXINGTON
- LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 915 students
- LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 672 students
- SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 358 students
- MORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 321 students
- PERSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 312 students
- EARLY LEARNING ACADEMYElementary · 279 students
Other Bryan Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Bryan Elementary. BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 7th largest of the 8.
- BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 359 students
- Bryan ElementaryBryan, OH · 865 students
- Bryan Elementary SchoolMorris, AL · 697 students
- Bryan Elementary SchoolMISSION, TX · 653 students
- BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPLANT CITY, FL · 618 students
Nearby schools
- LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 672
- LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 915
- PERSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 312
- MORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 321
- SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 358
- EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY1.5 mi · 279
Frequently asked questions
About BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 23% White, 76% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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