Enrollment
149
Elementary
DISTRICT 110 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAYMOND CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 310495000136
ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO
406 E THIRD, VALPARAISO, NE 68065 · (402) 784-3301 · Saunders County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL149 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
13.7:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
32 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 25 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (22).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Based on grade levels within RAYMOND CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.8%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
73.6%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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
69.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.9%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO
ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO's state test result (69.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO this school | 149 | 21.5% | 69.4% |
| KENESAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KENESAW | 139 | 22.3% | 68.1% |
| FRIEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FRIEND | 127 | 23.6% | 60.1% |
| BLUE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BLUE HILL | 183 | 23.5% | 68.2% |
| BURWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BURWELL | 152 | 23.7% | 72.4% |
| LEIGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEIGH | 201 | 21.9% | 59.0% |
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 ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Saunders County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #98 of 311 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #84 of 398 | #2 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #94 of 438 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 149 | #434 of 587 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.5% | #276 of 359 | #4 of 8 |
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
149
0 (0%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 209
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
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 | 149 | 10.9 | 13.7:1 | 21% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 148 | 11.3 | 13.2:1 | 21% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 145 | 11.2 | 13.0:1 | 20% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 149 | 12 | 12.4:1 | 15% (23) |
| 2017-18 | 171 | 12.3 | 13.9:1 | 22% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 163 | 13 | 12.5:1 | 21% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 181 | 15 | 12.1:1 | 21% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 228 | 15 | 15.2:1 | 13% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 209 | 13 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (171 to 149); teachers down 12% (12.3 to 10.9).
About ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO
ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO is classified as an elementary school. It is located in VALPARAISO, Nebraska. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 149 students. Elementary schools in Nebraska average about 272 students, which makes this school 45% below average.
The RAYMOND CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS system has 5 schools and 723 students.
Roughly 93% of students at ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO are White. Smaller groups are 6% Hispanic. Saunders County residents are about 93% White, a similar share. The diversity index for ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 13.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO, which has 10.9. Elementary schools in Nebraska average 21.0:1, 7.3 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO is about 21%.
On the allk12 Grade, ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO lands at B+, ahead of 70% of Nebraska public elementary schools.
The model predicts 68.9% for a school in Nebraska with ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO's free or reduced-price lunch share. ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO posts 69.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Saunders County show that median household income comes to about $94,066, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Saunders County counts 18 public schools with about 3,755 students.
MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 5.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO is one of several public schools in the area, with 5 others within ten miles. Local comparison: ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO ranks 2nd of 6 nearby schools, at 69.4% versus a 65.5% average.
ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO was 149 in 2020-21 and 149 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The number of students per teacher increased from 12.4 to 13.7 over 4 years.
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Saunders County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,048
Census ACS
Median income
$94,066
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
3,755 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in RAYMOND CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- SECONDARY SCH AT RAYMONDHigh · 237 students
- MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 155 students
- ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT CERESCOElementary · 134 students
- RAYMOND CENTRAL PRESCHOOLElementary · 48 students
Nearby schools
- MIDDLE SCHOOL5.8 mi · 155
- RAYMOND CENTRAL PRESCHOOL5.8 mi · 48
- SECONDARY SCH AT RAYMOND5.8 mi · 237
- ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT CERESCO9.5 mi · 134
- ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT DWIGHT9.9 mi · 52
- ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT BRAINARD11.4 mi · 124
Frequently asked questions
About ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISOHow many students attend ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO?
ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO enrolls approximately 149 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO serve?
ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO?
At ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO, the student body is approximately 93% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
What district is ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO in?
ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO is part of RAYMOND CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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