ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO

Located at 406 E THIRD, in VALPARAISO, Nebraska, ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO is an intimate elementary school that educates 149 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under RAYMOND CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS. That puts it 45% leaner than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 272 students.

Within RAYMOND CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 5 schools and 723 students, ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Saunders County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO tighter than the state norm the norm. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Saunders County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $94,066 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO is one of 18 public schools in Saunders County (combined enrollment of about 3,755 students).

SECONDARY SCH AT RAYMOND is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.8 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ELEMENTARY SCH AT VALPARAISO ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 65.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 13%: 171 students in 2018 compared to 149 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 2% to 6% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.