Enrollment
116
Elementary
DISTRICT 203 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 310002200601
LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
848 E CORRECTION LINE RD, NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101 · (308) 532-9392 · Lincoln County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL116 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of Nebraska public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
19 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 3 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 17 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (19).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
62.0%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
75.2%
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 75 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
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.7%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 →
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LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 116 | 16.4% | 67.8% |
| HAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAMPTON | 112 | 18.8% | 53.7% |
| ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT CERESCO CERESCO | 134 | 15.7% | 68.0% |
| JACKSON ELEMENTARY JACKSON | 116 | 15.5% | N/A |
| EXETER-MILLIGAN ELEM-EXETER EXETER | 97 | 15.5% | 63.4% |
| SHICKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHICKLEY | 85 | 17.6% | N/A |
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 LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Lincoln County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #123 of 311 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #63 of 398 | #2 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #191 of 438 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 116 | #473 of 587 | #11 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.4% | #310 of 359 | N/A |
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
116
-3 (-3%) vs 2020
+13% since 2010-11, when it was 103
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 116 | 6.2 | 18.9:1 | 16% (19) |
| 2023-24 | 125 | 7.3 | 17.1:1 | 29% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 115 | 8.7 | 13.2:1 | 27% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 119 | 10 | 11.9:1 | 17% (20) |
| 2017-18 | 93 | 7.4 | 12.6:1 | 13% (12) |
| 2015-16 | 96 | 7 | 13.7:1 | 9% (9) |
| 2010-11 | 103 | 7 | 14.7:1 | 10% (10) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (93 to 116); teachers down 17% (7.4 to 6.2).
About LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the public schools in NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska. It is a small elementary school. It enrolls 116 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 57% below the 272-student average for elementary schools in Nebraska.
NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS (12 schools, 3,751 students) runs LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
The share of students at LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL who are White is 91%. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic. Lincoln County residents are about 88% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 18% means there is an 18% chance two randomly chosen students at LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.9:1. The school has 6.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 18.9:1 compares with an average of 21.0:1 for elementary schools in Nebraska. Federal data show 16% of students (19) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Lincoln County averages 38%, higher than here.
LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 57% of Nebraska public elementary schools.
A school with LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Nebraska is predicted to score 70.7%. LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 67.8%, 2.8 points below that line.
In Lincoln County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $65,148 a year, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Lincoln County has 22 public schools.
OSGOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest public school to LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 3.2 miles away. LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within ten miles.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 116, compared with 119 in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.9:1) than in 2020-21 (11.9:1).
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Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,802
Census ACS
Median income
$65,148
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
5,190 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- NORTH PLATTE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,145 students
- ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 513 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 329 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 316 students
- MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 263 students
- MCDONALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 247 students
Other schools in NORTH PLATTE
- NORTH PLATTE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,145 students
- ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 513 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 329 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 316 students
- MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 263 students
- MCDONALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 247 students
Nearby schools
- OSGOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 21
- ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL5.5 mi · 513
- MCDONALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.9 mi · 247
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.1 mi · 329
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.3 mi · 226
- NORTH PLATTE HIGH SCHOOL6.3 mi · 1,145
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 116 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 18.9:1 (6 FTE teachers).
How diverse is LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.