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How has PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
635
Middle
DISTRICT 625 · STATE 411
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 317527001477
PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL
423 S WASHINGTON ST, PAPILLION, NE 68046 · (402) 898-0424 · Sarpy County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL635 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Nebraska public middle schools
- BTest 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.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
159 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 37%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 331 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 304 | 48% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
67.2%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
57.4%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.6%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL
PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 635 | 25.0% | 61.0% |
| HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL KEARNEY | 648 | 29.0% | 62.3% |
| RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA | 760 | 18.2% | 69.2% |
| LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL LA VISTA | 719 | 28.4% | 59.0% |
| KIEWIT MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA | 967 | 23.2% | 70.0% |
| LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL PAPILLION | 522 | 16.3% | 71.4% |
Matched among Nebraska middle 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 PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Sarpy County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #39 of 86 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #62 of 108 | #7 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #22 of 109 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 635 | #45 of 143 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #42 of 88 | #4 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.6% | #54 of 88 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.0% | #62 of 88 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #27 of 52 | #3 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
635
-22 (-3%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 776
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
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 | 635 | 46.1 | 13.8:1 | 25% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 621 | 46.1 | 13.5:1 | 30% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 659 | 47.1 | 14.0:1 | 29% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 657 | 46 | 14.3:1 | 26% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 695 | 48.5 | 14.3:1 | 24% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 867 | 54 | 16.1:1 | 19% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 724 | 47 | 15.4:1 | 19% (134) |
| 2000-01 | 995 | 55 | 18.1:1 | 8% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 776 | 41 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (695 to 635); teachers down 5% (48.5 to 46.1).
About PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL
PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public middle school run by PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS in PAPILLION, Nebraska. It had 635 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 7 through 8. Middle schools in Nebraska average about 411 students, which makes this school 55% larger than average.
PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS has 22 schools and 12,069 students, and PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.
The largest group at PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL is White students, at 76%. Other students are 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. Sarpy County residents are about 79% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 41%.
Its staff includes 46.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.8 students per teacher. The gap from the 14.5:1 average for middle schools in Nebraska is 0.8 students per teacher. Roughly 25% of students at PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Sarpy County is close, at 23%.
PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 53% of Nebraska public middle schools.
PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL is 6.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (61.0% versus 67.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Nebraska.
In Sarpy County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $103,321, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 76 public schools and about 34,055 students.
TRUMBLE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest public school to PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 61.0% is below the 65.2% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
A 3% decrease took enrollment from 657 in 2020-21 to 635 in 2024-25.
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Sarpy County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,389
Census ACS
Median income
$103,321
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
34,055 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
- PAPILLION LA VISTA SOUTH HSHigh · 2,038 students
- PAPILLION LA VISTA SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,867 students
- LA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 719 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 522 students
- PRAIRIE QUEEN ELEMENTARYElementary · 514 students
- BELL ELEMENTARYElementary · 488 students
Other schools in PAPILLION
- PAPILLION LA VISTA SOUTH HSHigh · 2,038 students
- PAPILLION LA VISTA SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,867 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 522 students
- PRAIRIE QUEEN ELEMENTARYElementary · 514 students
- BELL ELEMENTARYElementary · 488 students
- WALNUT CREEK ELEMENTARYElementary · 451 students
Nearby schools
- TRUMBLE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 364
- CARRIAGE HILL ELEMENTARY SCH0.7 mi · 386
- TARA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 399
- ESU 3 HEAD START - SCCDC1.1 mi · 27
- WALNUT CREEK ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 451
- PAPILLION LA VISTA SENIOR HIGH1.2 mi · 1,867
Frequently asked questions
About PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 635 students in grades 07-08.
Is PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 76% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
PAPILLION MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.