PYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 721 COTTONWOOD DR, in LINCOLN, Nebraska, PYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an expansive elementary-level community that serves 449 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 65% bigger than typical.

Within LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 67 schools and 42,301 students, PYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, PYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 78% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. Compared to Lancaster County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 24% of students at PYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.0%, the actual is 68.2%, a residual of +0.2 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lancaster County put the typical household earns roughly $74,793 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lancaster County's 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,123 students), PYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 66.0%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has rose 3%, going from 435 students in 2018 to 449 in 2025.

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