Enrollment
376
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONESTOGA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317420001818
CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
104 E HIGH ST, MURRAY, NE 68409 · (402) 235-2341 · Cass County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nebraska public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
102 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 43 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (45).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within CONESTOGA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.1%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
65.8%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 64 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
65.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.9%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (65.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 376 | 27.1% | 65.8% |
| ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARLINGTON | 372 | 25.3% | 73.6% |
| ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PAUL | 390 | 29.0% | 62.9% |
| PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PIERCE | 338 | 23.4% | 69.2% |
| BLAIR DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY BLAIR | 397 | 23.4% | 75.4% |
| WAHOO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAHOO | 475 | 27.6% | 60.4% |
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 CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Cass County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #149 of 311 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #202 of 398 | #5 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #167 of 438 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #156 of 587 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #85 of 379 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.0% | #344 of 379 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.1% | #234 of 359 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #184 of 220 | 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
376
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
+132% since 1990-91, when it was 162
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 376 | 30.1 | 12.5:1 | 27% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 31.6 | 11.9:1 | 26% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 33 | 11.9:1 | 28% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 31 | 12.4:1 | 27% (104) |
| 2017-18 | 390 | 31 | 12.6:1 | 29% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 31 | 11.9:1 | 24% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | 28 | 13.6:1 | 27% (103) |
| 2000-01 | 182 | 14 | 13.0:1 | 23% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 162 | 10 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (390 to 376); teachers down 3% (31 to 30.1).
About CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the public schools in MURRAY, Nebraska. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It reported 376 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Nebraska enroll about 272 students on average.
CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in CONESTOGA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district with 697 students across 2 schools.
CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 91% White by enrollment. Next come 5% Hispanic. That is in line with Cass County, where about 91% of residents are White. The diversity index for CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.5:1. The school's 12.5:1 compares with an average of 21.0:1 for elementary schools in Nebraska. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 27%. Public schools in Cass County average a similar 27%.
On the allk12 Grade, CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 57% of Nebraska public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 1.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Nebraska schools.
The school's county is Cass County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $91,836 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Cass County with 14 other public schools.
CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL sits about 2.8 miles from CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 5 other public schools within ten miles. The school's 65.8% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 5 nearby schools.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 384; in 2024-25, 376.
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Cass County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,161
Census ACS
Median income
$91,836
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,932 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CONESTOGA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 321 students
Other Conestoga Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Conestoga Elementary. CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- Conestoga ElementaryGillette, WY · 348 students
- Conestoga Elementary SchoolConestoga, PA · 301 students
Nearby schools
- CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL2.8 mi · 321
- PLATTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL5.8 mi · 474
- PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL6.0 mi · 386
- PLATTSMOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.1 mi · 460
- PLATTSMOUTH EARLY CHILDHOOD6.7 mi · 159
- WEEPING WATER HIGH SCHOOL11.7 mi · 86
Frequently asked questions
About CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 376 students in grades PK-06.
Is CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of CONESTOGA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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