Enrollment
301
Elementary
DISTRICT 253 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMWOOD-MURDOCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 310199202107
ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL
400 WEST F ST, ELMWOOD, NE 68349 · (402) 994-2125 · Cass County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL301 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
13.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
50 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 44 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 29% smaller than its 6th grade class (45).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL→ELMWOOD-MURDOCK JR/SR HIGH SCH
Based on grade levels within ELMWOOD-MURDOCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.3%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
80.0%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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
74.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.6%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL
ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL's state test result (74.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL this school | 301 | 16.6% | 74.3% |
| FREEMAN ELEMENTARY-ADAMS ADAMS | 280 | 15.4% | 72.5% |
| ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SYRACUSE SYRACUSE | 277 | 17.3% | 63.8% |
| MALCOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MALCOLM | 341 | 17.6% | 74.9% |
| ASHLAND-GREENWOOD PRIMARY ELEMENTARY ASHLAND | 333 | 17.1% | N/A |
| YUTAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YUTAN | 272 | 20.6% | 72.1% |
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 ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Cass County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #40 of 311 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #25 of 398 | #1 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #60 of 438 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 301 | #252 of 587 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #153 of 379 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.3% | #379 of 379 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.6% | #307 of 359 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.2% | #90 of 135 | N/A |
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
301
-30 (-9%) vs 2020
+214% since 1990-91, when it was 96
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 301 | 21.9 | 13.7:1 | 17% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 21.9 | 15.4:1 | 18% (60) |
| 2022-23 | 330 | 21.9 | 15.1:1 | 18% (58) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 21 | 15.8:1 | 21% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 286 | 21.5 | 13.3:1 | 12% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 245 | 18 | 13.6:1 | 17% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 229 | 17 | 13.5:1 | 20% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 210 | 16 | 13.1:1 | 17% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 96 | 7 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (286 to 301); teachers up 2% (21.5 to 21.9).
About ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL
ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in Nebraska, located in ELMWOOD. The school counted 301 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 6.
ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL is one of 2 schools in ELMWOOD-MURDOCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which enrolls 506 students in total.
The share of students at ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL who are White is 98%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 3%.
For every teacher at ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL, there are about 13.7 students; the school has 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 21.0:1 average for elementary schools in Nebraska, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 17%. The average for public schools in Cass County is 27%.
ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM 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 85% of Nebraska public elementary schools.
ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL is 3.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (74.3% versus 70.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Nebraska.
In Cass County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $91,836, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. The county has 15 public schools and about 3,932 students.
ELMWOOD-MURDOCK JR/SR HIGH SCH sits about 5.7 miles from ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL. ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL has 5 other public schools within ten miles. The nearest schools with test data average 67.8%, lower than ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL's 74.3%.
Locale data from NCES put ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Federal enrollment counts fell from 331 (2020-21) to 301 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.7:1.
This page is set up for the ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Cass County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,161
Census ACS
Median income
$91,836
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,932 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ELMWOOD-MURDOCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- ELMWOOD-MURDOCK JR/SR HIGH SCHHigh · 205 students
Nearby schools
- ELMWOOD-MURDOCK JR/SR HIGH SCH5.7 mi · 205
- EAGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.9 mi · 264
- WEEPING WATER HIGH SCHOOL8.5 mi · 86
- WEEPING WATER MIDDLE SCHOOL8.5 mi · 54
- WEEPING WATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.5 mi · 158
- JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL AT PALMYRA10.9 mi · 181
Frequently asked questions
About ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOLHow large is ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL?
ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL enrolls approximately 301 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL serve?
ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL have?
ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
How diverse is ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL?
ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL reports a student body of 98% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
Who oversees ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL?
ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL is overseen by ELMWOOD-MURDOCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Cass County.
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