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What's one thing RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
488
Middle
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 411
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317590001540
RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
8202 LAKEVIEW, RALSTON, NE 68127 · (402) 331-4701 · Douglas County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Nebraska public middle schools
- CTest 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
12.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
272 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 236 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 252 | 52% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL→RALSTON HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within RALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
49.4%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
47.0%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NE schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 488 | 55.7% | 48.5% |
| NORFOLK JR HIGH SCHOOL NORFOLK | 631 | 54.5% | 47.5% |
| BELLEVUE MISSION MIDDLE SCHOOL BELLEVUE | 406 | 46.3% | 48.0% |
| COLUMBUS MIDDLE SCHOOL COLUMBUS | 1,166 | 61.3% | 45.9% |
| MILLARD CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA | 811 | 50.9% | 45.5% |
| LOGAN FONTENELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL BELLEVUE | 480 | 41.9% | 59.0% |
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 RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #72 of 86 | #15 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #78 of 108 | #15 of 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #75 of 109 | #16 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #59 of 143 | #25 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #11 of 88 | #3 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #15 of 88 | #10 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.7% | #13 of 88 | #1 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.1% | #23 of 32 | #6 of 10 |
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
488
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 488 | 40.3 | 12.1:1 | 56% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 36.8 | 12.8:1 | 63% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 464 | 38.6 | 12.0:1 | 64% (295) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 33 | 14.9:1 | 63% (311) |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 36.4 | 12.9:1 | 62% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 36 | 13.3:1 | 55% (265) |
| 2010-11 | 406 | 35 | 11.6:1 | 46% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 16% (75) |
| 1990-91 | 512 | 34 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (469 to 488); teachers up 11% (36.4 to 40.3).
About RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle-grades school in RALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, located in RALSTON, Nebraska. It has an enrollment of 488 students in grades 7 through 8.
RALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS has 8 schools; together they serve 3,491 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is Hispanic, with 45% of students. The next largest groups are 39% White, 8% multiracial, and 7% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 31 points above the 15% share among Douglas County residents. The diversity index for RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is 63%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.1:1. The gap from the 14.5:1 average for middle schools in Nebraska is 2.4 students per teacher. The school reported 56% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Among public schools in Douglas County, the average eligibility rate is 25%.
RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 30% of Nebraska public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations places RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL in the bottom 10% of Nebraska schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 8.4 points below it (48.5% actual, 56.8% predicted).
The school is in Douglas County, where median household income comes to about $80,391, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Douglas County counts 207 public schools with about 98,640 students.
SEYMOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency of 48.5% compares with 60.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 488, close to the 491 recorded in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 12.1 students per teacher, compared with 14.9 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
590,736
Census ACS
Median income
$80,391
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
207
98,640 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- RALSTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,024 students
- MOCKINGBIRD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
- BLUMFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
- MEADOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 330 students
- WILDEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 303 students
- SEYMOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 286 students
Other schools in RALSTON
- RALSTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,024 students
- WILDEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 303 students
- SEYMOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 286 students
Nearby schools
- SEYMOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 286
- RALSTON HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,024
- MOCKINGBIRD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 473
- WILDEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 303
- MEADOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 330
- PADDOCK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 285
Frequently asked questions
About RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 488 students in grades 07-08.
Is RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 39% White, 45% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by RALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Douglas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.