Enrollment
215
Elementary
DISTRICT 182 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELM CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317014000929
ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
230 EAST CALKINS AVENUE, ELM CREEK, NE 68836 · (308) 856-4300 · Buffalo County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL215 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
12.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
67 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 36 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 20 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 5% smaller than its 6th grade class (20).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→ELM CREEK HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within ELM CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
70.7%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
71.3%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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
71.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% 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 ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (71.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 215 | 31.2% | 71.7% |
| ELKHORN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCH TILDEN | 252 | 29.0% | 70.2% |
| CROFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CROFTON | 193 | 27.5% | 72.0% |
| BOONE CENTRAL ELEM-ALBION ALBION | 247 | 34.0% | 64.2% |
| ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH TEKAMAH | 288 | 31.6% | 62.2% |
| CENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAIRO | 273 | 33.0% | 73.3% |
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 ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Buffalo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #76 of 311 | #3 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #123 of 398 | #6 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #78 of 438 | #4 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 215 | #366 of 587 | #13 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #106 of 379 | #3 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.9% | #373 of 379 | #14 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.2% | #205 of 359 | #9 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #199 of 220 | #6 of 7 |
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
215
-16 (-7%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 151
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 215 | 16.7 | 12.9:1 | 31% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 202 | 16.9 | 11.9:1 | 35% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 225 | 15.6 | 14.5:1 | 36% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 231 | 14 | 16.5:1 | 41% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 220 | 13.7 | 16.1:1 | 35% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 202 | 14 | 14.4:1 | 31% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 176 | 13 | 13.5:1 | 41% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 193 | 11 | 17.6:1 | 22% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 151 | 8 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (220 to 215); teachers up 22% (13.7 to 16.7).
About ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in ELM CREEK, Nebraska. It is open to students in pre-K through 6 and enrolls 215 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Nebraska enroll about 272 students on average.
ELM CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS has a total of 2 schools and 364 students, ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
A large majority of enrollment at ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White, at 95%. Other reported shares: 4% Hispanic. Buffalo County's residents are about 87% White, 9 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 9%.
ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 16.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.9 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Nebraska is 21.0:1. About 31% of students at ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Buffalo County is close, at 33%.
ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 86% of Nebraska public elementary schools.
ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Nebraska schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 71.7% and a predicted 65.5%.
Looking at the county, Buffalo County, median household income comes to about $75,911, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 28, with about 8,449 students.
ELM CREEK HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. The ten-mile area around ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds 5 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on proficiency.
ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in rural territory far from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Remote.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 215, from 231 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 16.5:1 to 12.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion board for ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Buffalo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
50,579
Census ACS
Median income
$75,911
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
8,449 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Elm Creek Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Elm Creek Elementary. ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Elm Creek Elementary SchoolATASCOSA, TX · 805 students
- ELM CREEK ELEMENTARYMAPLE GROVE, MN · 565 students
Nearby schools
- ELM CREEK HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 149
- OVERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.8 mi · 167
- OVERTON HIGH SCHOOL8.8 mi · 118
- AMHERST HIGH SCHOOL9.8 mi · 157
- AMHERST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.8 mi · 203
- WEST KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOL13.0 mi · 65
Frequently asked questions
About ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 215 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.9:1 (17 FTE teachers).
How diverse is ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 95% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by ELM CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Buffalo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.