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What's the one class at KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317284001157
KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
7700 LEIGHTON ST, LINCOLN, NE 68507 · (402) 436-1147 · Lancaster County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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.
- BBeats 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
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
115 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
66.2%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
68.6%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 66 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
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.1%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 432 | 26.6% | 69.7% |
| ACKERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 453 | 25.6% | 75.2% |
| PYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LINCOLN | 449 | 24.1% | 68.2% |
| J STERLING MORTON ELEM SCHOOL OMAHA | 392 | 29.8% | 65.3% |
| TARA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PAPILLION | 399 | 25.8% | 65.1% |
| HICKORY HILL ELEMENTARY SCH PAPILLION | 362 | 28.5% | 60.0% |
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 KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #95 of 311 | #11 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #155 of 398 | #12 of 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #138 of 438 | #16 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #105 of 587 | #24 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #215 of 379 | #34 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.4% | #212 of 379 | #34 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.6% | #238 of 359 | #15 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.0% | #22 of 220 | #4 of 31 |
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
432
-119 (-22%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 482
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 432 | 29.3 | 14.8:1 | 27% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 29.5 | 14.8:1 | 34% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 32.2 | 15.2:1 | 33% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 551 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 32% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 592 | 36.8 | 16.1:1 | 26% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 36 | 16.1:1 | 23% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 16% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 424 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 8% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 482 | 28 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (592 to 432); teachers down 21% (36.8 to 29.3).
About KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school in LINCOLN, Nebraska. It reported 432 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Nebraska enroll about 272 students on average.
LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 67 schools with a combined 42,301 students. KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of them.
The student body at KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 75% White. The school is also 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
The school has 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.8 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Nebraska average 21.0:1. Of all students at KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 27% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at A-, ahead of 76% of Nebraska public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2.6 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Nebraska schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Lancaster County show that median household income comes to about $74,793, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lancaster County counts 97 public schools with about 48,123 students.
KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL (about 0.6 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had a net loss of 119 students, or 22%.
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Lancaster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
326,696
Census ACS
Median income
$74,793
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
97
48,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,110 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,086 students
- LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,982 students
- NORTH STAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,927 students
- LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,848 students
- LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,819 students
Other schools in LINCOLN
- SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,110 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,086 students
- LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,982 students
- NORTH STAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,927 students
- LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,848 students
- LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,819 students
Nearby schools
- MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 705
- LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,819
- INFANT TODDLER AT LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 3
- PERSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 421
- BROWNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 325
- NORWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 432 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 75% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Lancaster County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.