PADDOCK LANE SCHOOL

PADDOCK LANE SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in BEATRICE, Nebraska, overseen by BEATRICE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 398 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 46% larger than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 272 students.

Across the 7 schools in BEATRICE PUBLIC SCHOOLS (2,900 students total), PADDOCK LANE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, PADDOCK LANE SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (88%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 62% of students at PADDOCK LANE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Gage County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, PADDOCK LANE SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Nebraska public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 54.5%; PADDOCK LANE SCHOOL posts 45.4%, -9.1 points below that line.

Around the school, census data for Gage County shows median household earnings sit near $67,247, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Gage County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,866 students), PADDOCK LANE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PADDOCK LANE SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 60.8%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at PADDOCK LANE SCHOOL has increased 36%, going from 293 students in 2018 to 398 in 2024. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 93% to 88%. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2024.

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