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Enrollment
454
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317374001835
GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL
1313 N 156TH, OMAHA, NE 68118 · (402) 715-2900 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
79 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 37%
Community
1
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 | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
83.2%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
83.5%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NE schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
83.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.3%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 70% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Nebraska's top 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 GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL
GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL's state test result (83.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL this school | 454 | 17.4% | 83.9% |
| REEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRETNA | 504 | 18.3% | 70.0% |
| REAGAN ELEMENTARY OMAHA | 498 | 15.1% | 74.7% |
| CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LINCOLN | 556 | 16.9% | 74.3% |
| MEADOWLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KEARNEY | 417 | 14.4% | 80.1% |
| HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 340 | 19.1% | 70.2% |
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 GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.9% | #6 of 311 | #6 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #10 of 398 | #8 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.2% | #7 of 438 | #7 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #82 of 587 | #35 of 125 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #353 of 379 | #103 of 117 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.9% | #286 of 379 | #108 of 117 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.4% | #300 of 359 | #34 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #214 of 220 | #67 of 68 |
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
454
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 646
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 454 | 25.8 | 17.6:1 | 17% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 24.9 | 18.4:1 | 18% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 23.8 | 18.5:1 | 14% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 448 | 23 | 19.5:1 | 13% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 23.8 | 19.3:1 | 12% (55) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 23 | 18.1:1 | 9% (38) |
| 2010-11 | 432 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 9% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 485 | 25 | 19.4:1 | 1% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 646 | 26 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (459 to 454); teachers up 8% (23.8 to 25.8).
About GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL
GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL, a large elementary school, is located in OMAHA, Nebraska. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 454 students. That compares with an average of about 272 students for elementary schools in Nebraska.
MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS counts 23,253 students in its 34 schools, and GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL is one of them.
White students are 83% of those enrolled at GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. In Douglas County overall, about 69% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 30, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 17.6:1 is based on 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Nebraska is 21.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 17% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
After accounting for student poverty, GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL is in the top 10% of Nebraska schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 83.9% is 13.5 points above the 70.3% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in Douglas County, where the median household earns about $80,391 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL shares Douglas County with 206 other public schools.
ALDRICH ELEMENTARY is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL places 2nd out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Large.
The school's size has been steady, with 448 students in 2020-21 and 454 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 17.6:1, from 19.5:1.
The allk12 page for GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
590,736
Census ACS
Median income
$80,391
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
207
98,640 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- MILLARD NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- MILLARD SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,526 students
- MILLARD WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,344 students
- BEADLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,011 students
- KIEWIT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 967 students
- HARRY ANDERSEN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 898 students
Other schools in OMAHA
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,587 students
- MILLARD NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- MILLARD SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,526 students
- SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,412 students
- MILLARD WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,344 students
- WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,145 students
Nearby schools
- ALDRICH ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 462
- KIEWIT MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 967
- COTTONWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 303
- EZRA MILLARD ELEMENTARY SCH1.2 mi · 485
- PICOTTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 369
- MILLARD NORTH HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 2,572
Frequently asked questions
About GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOLHow many students attend GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL?
GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL enrolls approximately 454 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL serve?
GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL is approximately 17.6:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL?
Student demographics at GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL are roughly 83% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL in?
GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL is part of MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.