ROUSSEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ROUSSEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment primary school in LINCOLN, Nebraska, one of the schools within LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school educates 587 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 116% above the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 272 students.

Across the 67 schools in LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS (42,301 students total), ROUSSEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, ROUSSEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 65%; the rest looks like 15% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Lancaster County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lancaster County (around 32%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ROUSSEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Nebraska schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 61.8%; actual is 70.3%, +8.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lancaster County put median household income runs about $74,793, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. ROUSSEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 97 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 48,123 students).

LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROUSSEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 63.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROUSSEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has remained close to its prior level, going from 582 students in 2018 to 587 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 77% to 65%.

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