CEDAR BLUFFS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedWhat this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CEDAR BLUFFS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CEDAR BLUFFS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in CEDAR BLUFFS, Nebraska, operated by CEDAR BLUFFS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, works with 250 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Within CEDAR BLUFFS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 3 schools and 491 students, CEDAR BLUFFS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On demographics, CEDAR BLUFFS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). The remainder consists of 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Saunders County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting CEDAR BLUFFS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Saunders County runs at roughly 26%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, CEDAR BLUFFS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.5%; this one delivers 63.5%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Saunders County) shows that median household income runs about $94,066, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Saunders County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,755 students), CEDAR BLUFFS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: CEDAR BLUFFS HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.
The school occupies a rural site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CEDAR BLUFFS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked up 36%, going from 184 students in 2018 to 250 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged up from 86% to 96% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.
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