RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized elementary campuss in LINCOLN, Nebraska, overseen by LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 276 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 42,301 students. RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 19% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 10% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lancaster County indicate median household income runs about $74,793, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 97 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 48,123 students).

CULLER MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 19%, going from 339 students in 2018 to 276 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 64% to 55% over that span.

On the community side, members of the RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.