DOUGLAS CO WEST ELEMENTARY SCH

DOUGLAS CO WEST ELEMENTARY SCH operates as an expansive elementary-level community in VALLEY, Nebraska, one of the schools within DOUGLAS CO WEST COMMUNITY SCHS. Current enrollment sits at 537 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 97% above the state mean of about 272.

Within DOUGLAS CO WEST COMMUNITY SCHS, which oversees 3 schools and 1,096 students, DOUGLAS CO WEST ELEMENTARY SCH is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, DOUGLAS CO WEST ELEMENTARY SCH lists that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DOUGLAS CO WEST ELEMENTARY SCH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.2%; this one delivers 63.5%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Douglas County put median household income runs about $80,391, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Douglas County's 207 public schools (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students), DOUGLAS CO WEST ELEMENTARY SCH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around DOUGLAS CO WEST ELEMENTARY SCH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DOUGLAS CO WEST ELEMENTARY SCH at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 72.2%.

DOUGLAS CO WEST ELEMENTARY SCH operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 11%: 484 students in 2018 compared to 537 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 83% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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