Total enrollment
11,653
+1,011 (+10%) vs SY 2020-21
20 schools in ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Nebraska · 11,653 students · 2 cities
Public K-12 education in ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs across 20 schools with combined enrollment of about 11,653 students, averaging 583 per school.
4-year change in ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
20
+1 (+5%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Nebraska | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.7% | #1 of 22 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 11,653 | #5 of 93 | #767 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 20 | #6 of 93 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #68 of 93 | #4,929 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 9.7% | #85 of 87 | #7,955 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.1% | #22 of 43 | #4,083 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
State test results across the district's 17 scored schools run from BLUE SAGE ELEMENTARY at 88.5% proficient to ELKHORN MIDDLE SCHOOL at 70.3%, a gap of 18.2 points. That is the 13th widest gap among 20 Nebraska districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 16 district schools that reported both years went from 9,001 to 8,874 students (down 1%) and from 581 to 617 full-time teachers (up 6%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Across 20 schools, ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS enrolls about 11,653 students in Nebraska. By footprint it is a medium-population district.
For a sense of the school types, ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS is made up of 12 elementary, 5 middle, and 3 high schools.
Average enrollment per school in ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS is about 583, noticeably above the Nebraska average of roughly 324.
Over the past 4-year window. Combined enrollment now sits at 11,653 students, increased 10% from the 10,642 reported in SY 2020-21. The school count climbed from 19 to 20 across the same 4-year window.
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