ELKHORN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCH
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Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedWhat this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ELKHORN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCH
ELKHORN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCH is one of the mid-sized primary schools in TILDEN, Nebraska, operated by ELKHORN VALLEY SCHOOLS, with 252 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.
ELKHORN VALLEY SCHOOLS comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 442 students; ELKHORN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCH is among them.
Looking at the student body, ELKHORN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCH lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, ELKHORN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCH records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Madison County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, ELKHORN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.3%; this one delivers 70.2%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Madison County shows median household earnings sit near $63,128, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Madison County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,196 students), ELKHORN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCH is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is ELKHORN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ELKHORN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCH ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 66.7%.
ELKHORN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCH operates from a small-town location.
Over the past 7-year window. ELKHORN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCH's enrollment has shrank 3% since 2018, when it stood at 259 (now 252).
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the ELKHORN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCH community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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