PRAIRIE QUEEN ELEMENTARY

As a sprawling primary school in PAPILLION, Nebraska, PRAIRIE QUEEN ELEMENTARY instructs 514 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. Enrollment runs roughly 89% bigger than the state mean of about 272.

Across the 22 schools in PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS (12,069 students total), PRAIRIE QUEEN ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, PRAIRIE QUEEN ELEMENTARY shows that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Black.

Looking at school resources, PRAIRIE QUEEN ELEMENTARY lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 9% of students at PRAIRIE QUEEN ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sarpy County runs at roughly 23%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PRAIRIE QUEEN ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.4%; this one delivers 73.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Sarpy County indicate median household earnings sit near $103,321, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. PRAIRIE QUEEN ELEMENTARY is one of 76 public schools in Sarpy County (combined enrollment of about 34,055 students).

The closest other public school is WESTMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PRAIRIE QUEEN ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, PRAIRIE QUEEN ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 66.3%.

PRAIRIE QUEEN ELEMENTARY operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PRAIRIE QUEEN ELEMENTARY has grew 16%, going from 444 students in 2018 to 514 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 85% to 73%.

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