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HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

15228 SHIRLEY ST, OMAHA, NE 68144 · (402) 715-1386 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Nebraska public elementary schools
  • A-Test 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

Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 272
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
65 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K5516%
Kindergarten4112%
Grade 14513%
Grade 24914%
Grade 34814%
Grade 43711%
Grade 56519%

This year's kindergarten class (41) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).

Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 57% · US 70%
White
27581%
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 61% · US 43%
Hispanic
278%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 23% · US 30%
Black
62%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 7% · US 15%
Asian
93%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
226%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
19457%
Female
14643%

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Test scores

NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + Advanced
English Language Arts
69.7%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
71.6%
NE avg 60.6%

What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
70.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.7%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school34019.1%70.2%
OAKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OMAHA
31220.5%76.4%
GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL
OMAHA
45417.4%83.9%
SHERIDAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LINCOLN
35218.2%74.4%
BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BENNINGTON
36813.9%77.2%
MEADOWLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KEARNEY
41714.4%80.1%
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 HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn NebraskaIn Douglas County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
70.2%#92 of 311#33 of 55
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
71.6%#115 of 398#34 of 96
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
69.7%#87 of 438#36 of 109
Enrollment
ranked largest first
340#201 of 587#73 of 125
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
18.0:1#358 of 379#107 of 117
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
33.4%#271 of 379#104 of 117
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
19.1%#289 of 359#32 of 55
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+19.3%#34 of 135#12 of 41
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 2024-25
Enrollment
340
0 (0%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 468
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 17.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2534018.918.0:119% (65)
2023-2434619.917.4:122% (77)
2022-2334519.817.5:122% (76)
2020-213402017.0:124% (83)
2017-1828520.214.1:124% (68)
2015-163152015.8:116% (50)
2010-112852014.3:113% (38)
2000-012661616.6:12% (4)
1990-914682320.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

Since 2017-18: students up 19% (285 to 340); teachers down 6% (20.2 to 18.9).

About HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Students in OMAHA, Nebraska, attend HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 340 students, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 25% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Nebraska.

MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS has a total of 34 schools and 23,253 students, HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.

White students are 81% of those enrolled at HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The rest of enrollment is 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Douglas County's population at about 69%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 33, compared with 70 nationally.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.0:1. The school has 18.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Nebraska is 21.0:1. In all, 19% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY 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 70% of Nebraska public elementary schools.

In Nebraska, HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 70.2% actual against a predicted 69.7%.

In Douglas County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $80,391, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 207 public schools and about 98,640 students.

Measured in a straight line, J STERLING MORTON ELEM SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles from HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 68.3%, lower than HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 70.2%.

HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.

Enrollment at HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 340 in 2020-21 and 340 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.0:1) than in 2020-21 (17.0:1).

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Douglas County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Address
15228 SHIRLEY ST, OMAHA, NE 68144
Phone
(402) 715-1386
County
Douglas County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
340
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
18.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
65 (19%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
317374001813
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 340 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 81% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Douglas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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