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LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

8201 PACIFIC STREET, OMAHA, NE 68114 · (402) 390-6455 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of Nebraska public elementary schools
  • ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • ABeats 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
276
Elementary
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 272
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
76 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Kindergarten3713%
Grade 13412%
Grade 24014%
Grade 34215%
Grade 44215%
Grade 54215%
Grade 63914%

This year's kindergarten class (37) is 5% smaller than its 6th grade class (39).

Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 57% · US 70%
White
17664%
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 61% · US 43%
Hispanic
3412%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 23% · US 30%
Black
3011%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 7% · US 15%
Asian
176%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
197%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
13950%
Female
13750%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within WESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + Advanced
English Language Arts
78.9%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
74.8%
NE avg 60.6%

What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 79 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
74.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.8%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 75% 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 LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (74.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school27627.5%74.9%
HERITAGE ELEMENTARY
BENNINGTON
43617.4%64.9%
ROBINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LINCOLN
39825.6%73.3%
NORMAN ROCKWELL ELEM SCHOOL
OMAHA
31043.9%62.9%
LEMAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BELLEVUE
33037.6%62.0%
HICKORY HILL ELEMENTARY SCH
PAPILLION
36228.5%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 LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn NebraskaIn Douglas County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
74.9%#34 of 311#23 of 55
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
74.8%#71 of 398#28 of 96
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
78.9%#17 of 438#13 of 109
Enrollment
ranked largest first
276#293 of 587#103 of 125
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.3:1#257 of 379#58 of 117
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
55.8%#110 of 379#59 of 117
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
27.5%#230 of 359#22 of 55
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-9.5%#124 of 220#42 of 68
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
276
-11 (-4%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 217
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-252761815.3:128% (76)
2023-242871915.1:128% (80)
2022-232801914.8:123% (63)
2020-212871815.9:127% (78)
2017-183052015.3:123% (70)
2015-162982014.9:122% (67)
2010-112782212.6:115% (42)
2000-012811815.6:16% (17)
1990-912171514.5:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

Since 2017-18: students down 10% (305 to 276); teachers down 10% (20 to 18).

About LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in OMAHA, Nebraska. There are 276 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 6.

Within WESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 12 schools. The district enrolls 6,330 students.

At LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 64% of students are White. The remaining students are 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 56%.

There are about 15.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which has 18. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Nebraska is 21.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 28%.

LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 94% of Nebraska public elementary schools.

A school with LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Nebraska is predicted to score 66.8%. LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 74.9%, 8.2 points above that line.

For the population of Douglas County, the median household earns about $80,391 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Douglas County with 206 other public schools.

About 0.5 miles separate LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 3rd out of 5 schools in its immediate area.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 4%, from 287 to 276.

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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
LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
WESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
Address
8201 PACIFIC STREET, OMAHA, NE 68114
Phone
(402) 390-6455
County
Douglas County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–06
Total enrollment
276
Teachers (FTE)
18
Student–teacher ratio
15.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
76 (28%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
317866001712
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in WESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
Other schools in OMAHA
Other Loveland Elementary schools

One other US public school is named Loveland Elementary. LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 276 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 64% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LOVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by WESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS in Douglas County.
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