Enrollment
290
Elementary
DISTRICT 270 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREMONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317071000973
DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY
2943 E ELKHORN DR, FREMONT, NE 68025 · (402) 727-3175 · Dodge County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
147 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 30 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 25% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 36% smaller than its 4th grade class (73).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY→JOHNSON CROSSING ACADEMIC CENTER (5-6)→FREMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL→FREMONT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within FREMONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
49.1%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
52.0%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY
DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY this school | 290 | 50.7% | 52.6% |
| MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MITCHELL | 345 | 50.7% | 64.6% |
| HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HASTINGS | 343 | 54.5% | 58.0% |
| GRANDVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALLIANCE | 283 | 54.4% | 53.1% |
| PRAIRIE VIEW SCHOOL OGALLALA | 371 | 50.9% | 55.3% |
| RAYMOND A WATSON ELEM SCHOOL HASTINGS | 336 | 45.2% | 54.9% |
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 DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Dodge County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #287 of 311 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #324 of 398 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #340 of 438 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #262 of 587 | #5 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #277 of 379 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #203 of 379 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #85 of 359 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.6% | #13 of 135 | N/A |
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
290
+18 (+7%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 201
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 290 | 18.5 | 15.7:1 | 51% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 16.4 | 16.4:1 | 49% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 259 | 15.7 | 16.5:1 | 39% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 17 | 16.0:1 | 39% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 217 | 14.7 | 14.8:1 | 46% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 227 | 15 | 15.1:1 | 46% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 228 | 14 | 16.3:1 | 38% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 178 | 14 | 12.7:1 | 34% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 201 | 13 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 34% (217 to 290); teachers up 26% (14.7 to 18.5).
About DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY
DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY is an elementary school located in FREMONT, Nebraska, in Dodge County. The school runs pre-K through 4 and enrolls 290 students.
Besides DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY, FREMONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 10 other schools. The district enrolls 5,283 students.
Federal enrollment data show DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY is 72% White. Next come 23% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 81% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 43, compared with 70 nationally.
DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY has 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.7:1. Elementary schools in Nebraska average 21.0:1, 5.3 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 51% at DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.6% for DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY. The school posts 52.6%, 6.0 points below the prediction.
Looking at the county, Dodge County, median household income comes to about $74,329, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 22, with about 6,729 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, FREMONT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.9 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 4 closest schools with test data, this one included, DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment rose by 7% across 4 years, from 272 in 2020-21 to 290 in 2024-25.
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Dodge County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,351
Census ACS
Median income
$74,329
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
6,729 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FREMONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- FREMONT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,677 students
- JOHNSON CROSSING ACADEMIC CENTER (5-6)Middle · 759 students
- FREMONT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 689 students
- HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 421 students
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 417 students
- LINDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 339 students
Other schools in FREMONT
- FREMONT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,677 students
- JOHNSON CROSSING ACADEMIC CENTER (5-6)Middle · 759 students
- FREMONT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 689 students
- HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 421 students
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 417 students
- LINDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 339 students
Nearby schools
- FREMONT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,677
- FREMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 689
- BELL FIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 282
- JOHNSON CROSSING ACADEMIC CENTER (5-6)1.3 mi · 759
- HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 421
- GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 144
Frequently asked questions
About DEER POINTE ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY?
DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 290 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY serve?
DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY.
What is the student diversity at DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY are roughly 72% White, 23% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY public or private?
DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by FREMONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.