NORMAN ROCKWELL ELEM SCHOOL

NORMAN ROCKWELL ELEM SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary campus in OMAHA, Nebraska, operated by MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school serves 310 students in grades pre-K through 5.

MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 23,253 students. NORMAN ROCKWELL ELEM SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NORMAN ROCKWELL ELEM SCHOOL logs that 70% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 12% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Douglas County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, NORMAN ROCKWELL ELEM SCHOOL logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting NORMAN ROCKWELL ELEM SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Douglas County runs at roughly 25%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, NORMAN ROCKWELL ELEM SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.0%, the actual is 62.9%, a residual of +1.9 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Douglas County put median household earnings sit near $80,391, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NORMAN ROCKWELL ELEM SCHOOL is one of 207 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students).

The closest other public school is HOLLING HEIGHTS ELEM SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORMAN ROCKWELL ELEM SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORMAN ROCKWELL ELEM SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 57.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORMAN ROCKWELL ELEM SCHOOL has decreased 8%, going from 338 students in 2018 to 310 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 70% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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