GRETNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GRETNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in GRETNA, Nebraska, part of GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school caters to 374 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 38% larger than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 272 students.

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

Demographically, GRETNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the resource side, On paper, GRETNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting GRETNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, GRETNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.6%, the actual is 70.8%, a residual of +0.2 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Sarpy County) records that median household income runs about $103,321, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Sarpy County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,055 students), GRETNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GRETNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GRETNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 70.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GRETNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 27%, going from 509 students in 2018 to 374 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 91% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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