Enrollment
187
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 310381001506
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
510 W 22ND AVE, BELLEVUE, NE 68005 · (402) 293-4685 · Sarpy County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL187 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
99 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 20 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 26% smaller than its 6th grade class (27).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
60.0%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
65.9%
NE avg 60.6%
What 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 66 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
63.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% 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 CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (63.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 187 | 52.9% | 63.1% |
| TWIN RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLEVUE | 288 | 47.9% | 54.8% |
| BERTHA BARBER ELEMENTARY SCH BELLEVUE | 168 | 48.2% | 68.0% |
| SEYMOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RALSTON | 286 | 56.3% | 71.3% |
| BETZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLEVUE | 241 | 61.4% | 50.5% |
| CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KEARNEY | 284 | 52.1% | 62.0% |
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 CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Sarpy County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #187 of 311 | #24 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #197 of 398 | #21 of 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #221 of 438 | #26 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 187 | #390 of 587 | #45 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.9% | #73 of 359 | #3 of 37 |
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
187
+28 (+18%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 190
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 187 | 12.2 | 15.3:1 | 53% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 186 | 11.9 | 15.6:1 | 48% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 179 | 11.7 | 15.3:1 | 55% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 159 | 11 | 14.4:1 | 58% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 162 | 12.3 | 13.1:1 | 53% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 171 | 12 | 14.3:1 | 53% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 181 | 11 | 16.4:1 | 50% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 149 | 10 | 14.9:1 | 40% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 190 | 10 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (162 to 187); teachers down 1% (12.3 to 12.2).
About CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BELLEVUE, Nebraska, is home to CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a small elementary school. Its enrollment is 187 students, spread over pre-K through 6. Across elementary schools in Nebraska, the average enrollment is about 272.
BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS has 20 schools; together they serve 9,502 students.
The student body at CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 52% White. The rest of enrollment is 26% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, and 6% Black. Among all residents of Sarpy County, the White share is about 79%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 12.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Nebraska is 21.0:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 53% at CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. That rate is above the 23% average among public schools in Sarpy County.
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.1% is 5.3 points above the 57.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The county, Sarpy County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $103,321, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 76 public schools and about 34,055 students.
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is BELLEVUE MISSION MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 7.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 28 students, from 159 to 187.
This page is set up for the CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Sarpy County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,389
Census ACS
Median income
$103,321
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
34,055 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- BELLEVUE WEST SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,529 students
- BELLEVUE EAST SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,420 students
- WAKE ROBIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 543 students
- FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 486 students
- LOGAN FONTENELLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 480 students
- LEWIS & CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 476 students
Other schools in BELLEVUE
- BELLEVUE WEST SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,529 students
- BELLEVUE EAST SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,420 students
- WAKE ROBIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 543 students
- FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 486 students
- LOGAN FONTENELLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 480 students
- LEWIS & CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 476 students
Other Central Elementary schools
151 other US public schools in 35 states are named Central Elementary. CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 141st largest of the 152.
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKEARNEY, NE · 284 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFAIRBURY, NE · 277 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMC COOK, NE · 181 students
- Central Elementary SchoolCarrollton, GA · 991 students
- CENTRAL ELEM.ST CHARLES, MO · 865 students
Nearby schools
- BELLEVUE MISSION MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 406
- BETZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 241
- ESU 3 HEAD START - BELLEAIRE0.6 mi · 16
- BELLEAIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 328
- BELLEVUE EAST SR HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,420
- BERTHA BARBER ELEMENTARY SCH0.7 mi · 168
Frequently asked questions
About CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 187 students in grades PK-06.
Is CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 52% White, 26% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Sarpy County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.