EASTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

EASTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in LINCOLN, Nebraska, one of the schools within LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 264 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 42,301 students. EASTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EASTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. Compared to Lancaster County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, EASTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, EASTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.7%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lancaster County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $74,793 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lancaster County's 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,123 students), EASTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EASTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 65.1%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 17%: 320 students in 2018 compared to 264 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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