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Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317374000667
ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
17701 F ST, OMAHA, NE 68135 · (402) 715-6225 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
76 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 37%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
75.9%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
72.8%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
75.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.5%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nebraska's top nor bottom 10%.
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 ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (75.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 450 | 16.9% | 75.2% |
| PORTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LA VISTA | 422 | 14.2% | 72.4% |
| UPCHURCH ELEMENTARY OMAHA | 402 | 17.2% | 81.5% |
| WILLOWDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 469 | 16.0% | 73.5% |
| REAGAN ELEMENTARY OMAHA | 498 | 15.1% | 74.7% |
| HILLRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELKHORN | 321 | 19.3% | 76.4% |
Matched among Nebraska elementary 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 ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #31 of 311 | #22 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #94 of 398 | #31 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #32 of 438 | #21 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #88 of 587 | #38 of 125 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #254 of 379 | #56 of 117 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.4% | #246 of 379 | #96 of 117 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.9% | #305 of 359 | #35 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #87 of 220 | #31 of 68 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
450
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
+59% since 2000-01, when it was 283
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 450 | 29.5 | 15.3:1 | 17% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 18% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 29.7 | 15.6:1 | 17% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 11% (50) |
| 2017-18 | 522 | 30.9 | 16.9:1 | 8% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 573 | 34 | 16.9:1 | 6% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 29 | 16.0:1 | 3% (15) |
| 2000-01 | 283 | 18 | 15.7:1 | 1% (2) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (522 to 450); teachers down 5% (30.9 to 29.5).
About ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school in MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, located in OMAHA, Nebraska. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 450 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Nebraska is about 272, so this school runs 65% larger than that.
District-wide, MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS has 34 schools and 23,253 students.
ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 78% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 69% White among all Douglas County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 37% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 15.3:1. This ratio sits 5.8 below the 21.0:1 average for elementary schools in Nebraska. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 17%.
A school with ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Nebraska is predicted to score 70.5%. ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 75.2%, 4.7 points above that line.
Douglas County census figures show that the median household income is $80,391, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 207 public schools in Douglas County, enrolling about 98,640 students in all.
RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 3rd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 459; in 2024-25, 450.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- MILLARD NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- MILLARD SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,526 students
- MILLARD WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,344 students
- BEADLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,011 students
- KIEWIT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 967 students
- HARRY ANDERSEN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 898 students
Other schools in OMAHA
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,587 students
- MILLARD NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- MILLARD SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,526 students
- SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,412 students
- MILLARD WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,344 students
- WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,145 students
Nearby schools
- RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 760
- WILLOWDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 469
- MILLARD WEST HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 2,344
- WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 405
- BEADLE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,011
- REAGAN ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 498
Frequently asked questions
About ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 450 students in grades PK-05.
Is ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 78% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.