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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 310381001513
PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2908 VANDENBERG AVE, BELLEVUE, NE 68123 · (402) 293-4795 · Sarpy County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
183 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 26 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 25% larger than its 6th grade class (51).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
51.8%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
54.6%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.6%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 466 | 39.3% | 56.0% |
| ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LINCOLN | 360 | 37.8% | 61.0% |
| PADDOCK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 285 | 39.6% | 64.4% |
| ROUSSEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LINCOLN | 587 | 41.7% | 70.3% |
| AVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLEVUE | 352 | 46.3% | 55.4% |
| WAKE ROBIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLEVUE | 543 | 31.7% | 54.4% |
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 PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Sarpy County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #255 of 311 | #29 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #309 of 398 | #37 of 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #315 of 438 | #37 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #73 of 587 | #10 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #275 of 379 | #29 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #96 of 379 | #12 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.3% | #149 of 359 | #8 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.5% | #54 of 135 | #6 of 10 |
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
466
+56 (+14%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 466 | 29.8 | 15.6:1 | 39% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 29.1 | 14.9:1 | 35% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 27.1 | 15.8:1 | 41% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 41% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 418 | 27.2 | 15.4:1 | 37% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 37% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 385 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 42% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 515 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 49% (254) |
| 1990-91 | 605 | 30 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (418 to 466); teachers up 10% (27.2 to 29.8).
About PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In BELLEVUE, Nebraska, PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school. It educates 466 students in pre-K through 6. The school's enrollment is 71% bigger than the 272 average for elementary schools in Nebraska.
BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS is the district for PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It has 20 schools and 9,502 students.
At 61%, White students outnumber all other groups at PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL combined. The remaining students are 18% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 7% Black. Among people living in Sarpy County, the White share is about 79%. By the diversity index, PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 58%.
At PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Nebraska average 21.0:1. Roughly 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 23% average for public schools in Sarpy County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 56.0%. Predicted: 62.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Sarpy County show that median household income is about $103,321, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 76 public schools in Sarpy County, with a combined enrollment of about 34,055.
The next-closest public school is ESU 3 HEAD START - PETER SARPY, less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal data place PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 466, 14% above the 410 of 2020-21.
The PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- BELLEVUE WEST SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,529 students
- BELLEVUE EAST SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,420 students
- WAKE ROBIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 543 students
- FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 486 students
- LOGAN FONTENELLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 480 students
- LEWIS & CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 476 students
Other schools in BELLEVUE
- BELLEVUE WEST SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,529 students
- BELLEVUE EAST SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,420 students
- WAKE ROBIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 543 students
- FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 486 students
- LOGAN FONTENELLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 480 students
- LEWIS & CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 476 students
Nearby schools
- ESU 3 HEAD START - PETER SARPY0.0 mi · 8
- ESU 3 HEAD START - FORT CROOK0.6 mi · 16
- FORT CROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 269
- LEMAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 330
- LEONARD LAWRENCE ELEM SCHOOL0.6 mi · 334
- GOLDEN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 253
Frequently asked questions
About PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 466 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.6:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 61% White, 18% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.