CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary-level community in LINCOLN, Nebraska, overseen by LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school caters to 337 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% bigger than the state mean of about 272.

Within LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 67 schools and 42,301 students, CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 6% Black. By comparison, Lancaster County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Lancaster County's rate of about 32%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.0%; this one delivers 56.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Lancaster County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,793, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lancaster County's 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,123 students), CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 63.7%.

CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 14%: 394 students in 2018 compared to 337 in 2025.

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