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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
523
Elementary
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317284001164
MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
7200 VINE ST, LINCOLN, NE 68505 · (402) 436-1151 · Lancaster County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL523 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
12.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
289 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 62 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
60%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
51.2%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
50.0%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 523 | 55.3% | 52.4% |
| HOLMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LINCOLN | 402 | 51.7% | 59.4% |
| NORRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 421 | 46.1% | 57.8% |
| CODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 307 | 55.7% | 58.1% |
| CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LINCOLN | 337 | 52.5% | 56.4% |
| BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 359 | 54.0% | 56.3% |
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 MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #291 of 311 | #25 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #339 of 398 | #28 of 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #318 of 438 | #28 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 523 | #41 of 587 | #13 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #87 of 379 | #18 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #83 of 379 | #20 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.3% | #63 of 359 | #3 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #100 of 220 | #13 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
523
-121 (-19%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 533
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 523 | 41.9 | 12.5:1 | 55% (289) |
| 2023-24 | 549 | 42.2 | 13.0:1 | 61% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 41.1 | 12.4:1 | 55% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 644 | 45 | 14.3:1 | 50% (319) |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 41.9 | 14.2:1 | 45% (265) |
| 2015-16 | 546 | 37 | 14.8:1 | 43% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 556 | 40 | 13.9:1 | 51% (281) |
| 2000-01 | 545 | 40 | 13.6:1 | 32% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 533 | 37 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (595 to 523); teachers unchanged (41.9 to 41.9).
About MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Students in LINCOLN, Nebraska, attend MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a large elementary school. There are 523 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 92% larger than the average for elementary schools in Nebraska.
LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS oversees MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and 66 other schools, with 42,301 students in total.
At MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 58% of students are White. The school is also 21% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. That is lower than the 81% White share among all Lancaster County residents. The diversity index for MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 41.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. Across elementary schools in Nebraska, the average ratio is 21.0:1. The school has 55% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 32% average for public schools in Lancaster County is 23 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C-, ahead of 19% of Nebraska public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 57.0% at MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.4%.
In the surrounding county, Lancaster County, median household income comes to about $74,793, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 97, with about 48,123 students.
Among nearby public schools, MCPHEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.
For locale, NCES codes MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 523, down from 644 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 14.3:1 to 12.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Other Meadow Lane Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Meadow Lane Elementary. MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Meadow Lane ElementaryGoldsboro, NC · 674 students
- Meadow Lane ElementaryLemoore, CA · 464 students
- MEADOW LANE ELEM.LEE'S SUMMIT, MO · 435 students
- Meadow Lane ElementaryAnderson, CA · 398 students
- Meadow Lane ElemOlathe, KS · 349 students
Nearby schools
- MCPHEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 302
- EVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 480
- INFANT TODDLER AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 11
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 2,086
- PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 843
- ELLIOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 523 students in grades PK-05.
Is MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 58% White, 21% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.