PORTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PORTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the large primary schools in LA VISTA, Nebraska, operated by PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, with 422 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 55% larger than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 272 students.

PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 12,069 students; PORTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PORTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school lists 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, 2% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 14% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sarpy County runs at roughly 23%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PORTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.4%; this one delivers 72.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Sarpy County reports that median household income runs about $103,321, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Sarpy County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,055 students), of which PORTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

ESU 3 HEAD START - PARKVIEW HEIGHTS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PORTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, PORTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 68.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PORTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has remained close to its prior level, going from 431 students in 2018 to 422 in 2025.

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