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Enrollment
784
Middle
DISTRICT 824 · STATE 411
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317122000257
GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL
11705 SOUTH 216TH STREET, GRETNA, NE 68028 · (402) 332-3048 · Sarpy County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL784 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Nebraska public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 14.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
94 students
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 37%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 240 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 273 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 271 | 35% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
67.0%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
69.1%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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
64.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.2%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL
GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (64.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 784 | 12.0% | 64.9% |
| MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL LINCOLN | 849 | 9.0% | 76.4% |
| ASPEN CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA | 863 | 7.4% | 70.1% |
| NORRIS MIDDLE SCHOOL FIRTH | 560 | 8.0% | 59.5% |
| BEADLE MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA | 1,011 | 16.0% | 67.1% |
| RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA | 760 | 18.2% | 69.2% |
Matched among Nebraska middle 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 GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Sarpy County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #27 of 86 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #30 of 108 | #3 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #24 of 109 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 784 | #21 of 143 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #72 of 88 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.9% | #78 of 88 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.0% | #80 of 88 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.5% | #11 of 32 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
784
+117 (+18%) vs 2020
+72% since 2000-01, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 784 | 49 | 16.0:1 | 12% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 769 | 51.1 | 15.1:1 | 15% (116) |
| 2022-23 | 728 | 48.9 | 14.9:1 | 14% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 667 | 47 | 14.2:1 | 11% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 667 | 42.1 | 15.8:1 | 11% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 961 | 61 | 15.8:1 | 9% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 653 | 43 | 15.2:1 | 11% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 456 | 31 | 14.7:1 | 9% (39) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (667 to 784); teachers up 16% (42.1 to 49).
About GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL
GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a large middle school in GRETNA, Nebraska, (ZIP code 68028). The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 784 students. By comparison, middle schools in Nebraska enroll about 411 students on average.
The 12 schools in GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS enroll 7,013 students altogether, GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
At GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL, 88% of students are White. It is also 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Sarpy County is roughly 79% White. The diversity index for GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL is 23%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL lists 49 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.0 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Nebraska, the average ratio is 14.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 12% of the student body. Among public schools in Sarpy County, the average eligibility rate is 23%.
GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 61% of Nebraska public middle schools.
GRETNA MIDDLE 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 64.9% and a predicted 72.2%.
In Sarpy County, home to about 197,389 people, the median household earns about $103,321 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Sarpy County with 75 other public schools.
The closest school to GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL is GRETNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency of 64.9% compares with 71.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 784, from 667 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 14.2:1 to 16.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Sarpy County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,389
Census ACS
Median income
$103,321
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
34,055 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- GRETNA EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,009 students
- GRETNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 955 students
- ASPEN CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 863 students
- SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARYElementary · 499 students
- HARVEST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 489 students
- WHITETAIL CREEK ELEMENTARYElementary · 481 students
Other schools in GRETNA
- GRETNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 955 students
- REEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 504 students
- SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARYElementary · 499 students
- HARVEST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 489 students
- GRETNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 374 students
Other Gretna Middle schools
One other US public school is named Gretna Middle. GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Gretna MiddleGretna, VA · 385 students
Nearby schools
- GRETNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 374
- GRETNA HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 955
- SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 499
- HARVEST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 489
- ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 416
- ASPEN CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL2.8 mi · 863
Frequently asked questions
About GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 784 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 16.0:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 88% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.