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Enrollment
719
Middle
DISTRICT 625 · STATE 411
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 317527001475
LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL
7900 EDGEWOOD BLVD, LA VISTA, NE 68128 · (402) 898-0436 · Sarpy County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL719 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Nebraska public middle schools
- B-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.
- ·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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
204 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 7 | 359 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 360 | 50% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
61.6%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
55.7%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL
LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 719 | 28.4% | 59.0% |
| POUND MIDDLE SCHOOL LINCOLN | 731 | 34.3% | 62.9% |
| LEWIS & CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOL BELLEVUE | 476 | 26.1% | 65.1% |
| PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL PAPILLION | 635 | 25.0% | 61.0% |
| HARRY ANDERSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA | 898 | 37.8% | 53.9% |
| IRVING MIDDLE SCHOOL LINCOLN | 795 | 39.6% | 54.2% |
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 LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Sarpy County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #54 of 86 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #65 of 108 | #8 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #41 of 109 | #8 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 719 | #32 of 143 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #55 of 88 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #34 of 88 | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.4% | #58 of 88 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #36 of 52 | #5 of 6 |
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
719
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 747
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 719 | 48.2 | 14.9:1 | 28% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 700 | 49.2 | 14.2:1 | 34% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 716 | 49.7 | 14.4:1 | 33% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 732 | 49 | 14.9:1 | 29% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 754 | 47.8 | 15.8:1 | 22% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 896 | 53 | 16.9:1 | 29% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 681 | 49 | 13.9:1 | 29% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 907 | 54 | 16.8:1 | 14% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 747 | 43 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (754 to 719); teachers up 1% (47.8 to 48.2).
About LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL
At 7900 EDGEWOOD BLVD in LA VISTA, Nebraska, LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a large middle school. Enrollment totals 719 students across grades 7 through 8. Across middle schools in Nebraska, the average enrollment is about 411.
PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS enrolls 12,069 students in 22 schools, including LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
White students are 66% of those enrolled at LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Sarpy County's population at about 79%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 52%.
The school has 48.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.9 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 14.5:1 average for middle schools in Nebraska. The school reported 28% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 42% of Nebraska public middle schools.
LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.0% is 7.5 points below the 66.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For the population of Sarpy County, the median household earns about $103,321 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Sarpy County with 75 other public schools.
About 0.3 miles separate LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL from the closest public school, PAPILLION LA VISTA EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER (PLECC). A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 732 in 2020-21 and 719 in 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 PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
- PAPILLION LA VISTA SOUTH HSHigh · 2,038 students
- PAPILLION LA VISTA SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,867 students
- PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 635 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 522 students
- PRAIRIE QUEEN ELEMENTARYElementary · 514 students
- BELL ELEMENTARYElementary · 488 students
Other schools in LA VISTA
- PARKVIEW HEIGHTS ELEM SCHOOLElementary · 439 students
- PORTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 422 students
- G STANLEY HALL ELEMENTARY SCHElementary · 417 students
- LA VISTA WEST ELEMENTARY SCHElementary · 315 students
Nearby schools
- PAPILLION LA VISTA EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER (PLECC)0.3 mi · 66
- ESU 3 PAPILLION LAVISTA EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.3 mi · 8
- HICKORY HILL ELEMENTARY SCH0.5 mi · 362
- PAPILLION LA VISTA SENIOR HIGH0.6 mi · 1,867
- LA VISTA WEST ELEMENTARY SCH0.6 mi · 315
- ESU 3 HEAD START - PARKVIEW HEIGHTS0.7 mi · 14
Frequently asked questions
About LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 719 students in grades 07-08.
Is LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
How diverse is LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 66% White, 19% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.