Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 268 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEKAMAH-HERMAN COMMUNITY SCHS·NCES 310007101661
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH
112 N 13TH ST, TEKAMAH, NE 68061 · (402) 374-2154 · Burt County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
91 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 33 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 39% smaller than its 6th grade class (33).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH→HIGH SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH
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NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.2%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
68.2%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH this school | 288 | 31.6% | 62.2% |
| CENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAIRO | 273 | 33.0% | 73.3% |
| ELKHORN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCH TILDEN | 252 | 29.0% | 70.2% |
| BOONE CENTRAL ELEM-ALBION ALBION | 247 | 34.0% | 64.2% |
| HERSHEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERSHEY | 300 | 35.0% | 70.3% |
| ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELM CREEK | 215 | 31.2% | 71.7% |
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 SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #195 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #163 of 398 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #299 of 438 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #264 of 587 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #78 of 379 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.2% | #356 of 379 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.6% | #201 of 359 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #215 of 220 |
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
288
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 333
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 288 | 23.5 | 12.3:1 | 32% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | 24.1 | 12.2:1 | 40% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 297 | 22.8 | 13.0:1 | 35% (105) |
| 2020-21 | 293 | 22 | 13.3:1 | 37% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 291 | 22.3 | 13.1:1 | 32% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 252 | 20 | 12.6:1 | 31% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 261 | 20 | 13.1:1 | 41% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 281 | 19 | 14.8:1 | 27% (75) |
| 1990-91 | 333 | 18 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (291 to 288); teachers up 5% (22.3 to 23.5).
About ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH is a mid-sized elementary school in TEKAMAH, Nebraska, one of the schools in TEKAMAH-HERMAN COMMUNITY SCHS. The school teaches pre-K through 6 and enrolls 288 students.
TEKAMAH-HERMAN COMMUNITY SCHS has 536 students in 2 schools, and ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH is one of those schools.
Roughly 93% of students at ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH are White. Enrollment also includes 5% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Burt County residents are about 91% White, a similar share. The diversity index for ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH is 13%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH has 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Nebraska is 21.0:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 32% at ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH. The figure for public schools in Burt County is close, at 35%.
Among Nebraska public elementary schools, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH outscored 42%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH lands between the top and bottom 10% of Nebraska schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 62.2%; the prediction is 65.3%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Burt County show that the median household earns about $63,685 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Burt County, 6 public schools serve about 1,253 students.
Measured in a straight line, HIGH SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH is less than a tenth of a mile from ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH ranks 7th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 293 in 2020-21 and 288 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 13.3:1 to 12.3:1.
The allk12 page for ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Burt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,740
Census ACS
Median income
$63,685
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TEKAMAH-HERMAN COMMUNITY SCHS
- HIGH SCHOOL AT TEKAMAHHigh · 248 students
Nearby schools
- HIGH SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH0.0 mi · 248
- West Harrison Elementary11.5 mi · 126
- West Harrison Middle School/High School11.5 mi · 156
- OAKLAND CRAIG ELEMENTARY13.0 mi · 237
- OAKLAND CRAIG JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH13.1 mi · 185
- BLAIR DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY15.9 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAHHow large is ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH?
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH enrolls approximately 288 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH serve?
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH.
What is the student diversity at ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH?
Student demographics at ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH are roughly 93% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH in?
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH is part of TEKAMAH-HERMAN COMMUNITY SCHS.
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