Enrollment
337
Elementary
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317284001142
CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3709 S 46TH ST, LINCOLN, NE 68506 · (402) 436-1130 · Lancaster County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
177 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 40 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
46.7%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
50.6%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% 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 CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 337 | 52.5% | 56.4% |
| HOLMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LINCOLN | 402 | 51.7% | 59.4% |
| TWIN RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLEVUE | 288 | 47.9% | 54.8% |
| CODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 307 | 55.7% | 58.1% |
| BIRCHCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLEVUE | 360 | 50.0% | 53.5% |
| AVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLEVUE | 352 | 46.3% | 55.4% |
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 CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #251 of 311 | #23 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #332 of 398 | #26 of 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #358 of 438 | #30 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #205 of 587 | #38 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #99 of 379 | #21 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #97 of 379 | #22 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.5% | #75 of 359 | #4 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #82 of 220 | #10 of 31 |
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
337
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 550
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 337 | 26.4 | 12.8:1 | 53% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 24.5 | 13.7:1 | 60% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 27.8 | 11.2:1 | 57% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 29 | 12.0:1 | 61% (213) |
| 2017-18 | 394 | 32.3 | 12.2:1 | 60% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 32 | 12.8:1 | 60% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 418 | 32 | 13.1:1 | 56% (236) |
| 2000-01 | 440 | 29 | 15.2:1 | 23% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 550 | 34 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (394 to 337); teachers down 18% (32.3 to 26.4).
About CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in LINCOLN, Nebraska, administered by LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. A total of 337 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 272-student average for elementary schools in Nebraska, enrollment here is 24% higher.
CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls under LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which has 67 schools enrolling 42,301 students.
By race and ethnicity, CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 61% White. Other reported shares: 18% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, and 6% Black. That compares with about 81% White among all Lancaster County residents. CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.8:1, with 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Nebraska, the typical ratio is 21.0:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 53%. The rate at public schools in Lancaster County averages 32%, lower than here.
Compared with Nebraska schools that have similar shares of low-income students, CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 1.6 points below predicted: 56.4% against 58.0%.
CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in Lancaster County, where median household income is about $74,793, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 97 public schools in Lancaster County, which together enroll about 48,123 students.
The closest other public school is LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 56.4% against a local average of 63.7%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 337 was 3% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 349.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Lancaster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
326,696
Census ACS
Median income
$74,793
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
97
48,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,110 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,086 students
- LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,982 students
- NORTH STAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,927 students
- LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,848 students
- LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,819 students
Other schools in LINCOLN
- SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,110 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,086 students
- LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,982 students
- NORTH STAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,927 students
- LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,848 students
- LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,819 students
Other Calvert Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Calvert Elementary. CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 5th largest of the 5.
- CALVERT ELEMENTARYAUBURN, NE · 531 students
- Calvert ElementaryPrince Frederick, MD · 495 students
- Calvert Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 408 students
- Calvert ElementaryRising Sun, MD · 390 students
Nearby schools
- LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,848
- POUND MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 731
- ROUSSEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 587
- ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 360
- SHERIDAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 352
- HOLMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 337 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.8:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 61% White, 13% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Is CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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