ELKHORN MIDDLE SCHOOL

ELKHORN MIDDLE SCHOOL, a sprawling 6-8 campus in ELKHORN, Nebraska, operated by ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, teaches 631 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 54% bigger than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 411 students.

ELKHORN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 20 schools operated by ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that instructs 11,653 students overall.

On demographics, ELKHORN MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 80%. The remainder reads as 8% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 20% 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, ELKHORN MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.5%; this one delivers 70.3%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Douglas County shows median household income runs about $80,391, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Douglas County's 207 public schools (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students), ELKHORN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ELKHORN MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, ELKHORN MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 79.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ELKHORN MIDDLE SCHOOL has expanded 35%, going from 468 students in 2018 to 631 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 80% across the same window.

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