JOHNSON CO CENTRAL EL-TECUMSEH
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Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedWhat this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JOHNSON CO CENTRAL EL-TECUMSEH
JOHNSON CO CENTRAL EL-TECUMSEH operates as a modestly sized elementary-level community in TECUMSEH, Nebraska, run under JOHNSON CO CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHS. Current enrollment sits at 158 students spanning grades pre-K through 3. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 42% below typical.
JOHNSON CO CENTRAL EL-TECUMSEH is one of 4 schools operated by JOHNSON CO CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHS, a district that works with 500 students overall.
On the student-mix side, JOHNSON CO CENTRAL EL-TECUMSEH reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%); the rest breaks down as 14% Hispanic, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, On paper, JOHNSON CO CENTRAL EL-TECUMSEH has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, JOHNSON CO CENTRAL EL-TECUMSEH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.9%, the actual is 58.0%, a residual of +2.0 points.
In the area at large, census data for Johnson County shows median household earnings sit near $57,632, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Johnson County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 724 students), of which JOHNSON CO CENTRAL EL-TECUMSEH is one.
JOHNSON CO CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JOHNSON CO CENTRAL EL-TECUMSEH at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 65.4%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Looking at the recent track record. JOHNSON CO CENTRAL EL-TECUMSEH's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 174 (now 158).
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