FALLING WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FALLING WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of expansive scale in OMAHA, Nebraska, overseen by GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, works with 417 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so FALLING WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 53% above that benchmark.

GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 7,013 students. FALLING WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, FALLING WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Douglas County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting FALLING WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Douglas County runs at roughly 25%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, FALLING WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Douglas County) reports that median household earnings sit near $80,391, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Douglas County's 207 public schools (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students), FALLING WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

REEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FALLING WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 74.3%.

The school occupies a rural site.

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