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Enrollment
556
Elementary
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317284000379
CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
7701 S 36TH ST, LINCOLN, NE 68516 · (402) 436-1131 · Lancaster County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL556 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
94 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 29 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
36%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
72.5%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
77.0%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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
74.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.5%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (74.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 556 | 16.9% | 74.3% |
| REAGAN ELEMENTARY OMAHA | 498 | 15.1% | 74.7% |
| WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 633 | 19.9% | 74.4% |
| GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL OMAHA | 454 | 17.4% | 83.9% |
| BELL ELEMENTARY PAPILLION | 488 | 11.9% | 72.3% |
| REEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRETNA | 504 | 18.3% | 70.0% |
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 CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #41 of 311 | #6 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #48 of 398 | #3 of 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #58 of 438 | #7 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 556 | #29 of 587 | #10 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #241 of 379 | #36 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.9% | #256 of 379 | #39 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.9% | #304 of 359 | #24 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #45 of 220 | #7 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
556
-41 (-7%) vs 2020
-22% since 2000-01, when it was 713
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 556 | 36.9 | 15.1:1 | 17% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 35.8 | 15.7:1 | 23% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 35.3 | 16.0:1 | 21% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 597 | 36 | 16.6:1 | 18% (110) |
| 2017-18 | 692 | 41.5 | 16.7:1 | 13% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 706 | 42 | 16.8:1 | 9% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 717 | 46 | 15.6:1 | 8% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 713 | 44 | 16.2:1 | 2% (12) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (692 to 556); teachers down 11% (41.5 to 36.9).
About CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
This page covers CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a high-enrollment elementary school in LINCOLN, Nebraska. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 556 students. It has 104% more students than the average for elementary schools in Nebraska (about 272).
LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS is the district for CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It has 67 schools and 42,301 students.
About 79% of the student body at CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White. Other groups include 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Lancaster County residents are about 81% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 36% means there is a 36% chance two randomly chosen students at CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
On staff are 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.1:1. Elementary schools in Nebraska have an average ratio of 21.0:1. About 17% of students at CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Lancaster County averages 32%, higher than here.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 70.5%. It scores 74.3%, 3.8 points above that figure.
Lancaster County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $74,793, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 97 public schools in the county, enrolling about 48,123, CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Of the public schools around it, CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.0 miles away. CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 74.3% compares with 69.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The federal government classifies CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as City: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 7%. The ratio was 16.6:1 in 2020-21 and 15.1:1 in 2024-25.
The CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Cavett Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Cavett Elementary. CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Cavett Elementary SchoolTUCSON, AZ · 227 students
Nearby schools
- ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 767
- HUMANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 487
- SCOTT MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,020
- WYSONG ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 738
- SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 2,110
- HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 556 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 79% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Lancaster County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.