ELKHORN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in OMAHA, Nebraska, ELKHORN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school, part of ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It caters to 576 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 40% above the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 411 students.

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

In terms of who attends, ELKHORN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 9% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, ELKHORN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages about 14.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 6% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Douglas County (around 25%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ELKHORN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 74.3%, the actual is 80.1%, a residual of +5.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Douglas County put the typical household earns roughly $80,391 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. ELKHORN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 207 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students).

The closest other public school is SPRING RIDGE ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ELKHORN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 77.2%.

ELKHORN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. ELKHORN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 13% since 2018, when it stood at 508 (now 576). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 88% to 77%.

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