RUMSEY STATION ELEMENTARY SCH

As a mid-tier K-5 school in PAPILLION, Nebraska, RUMSEY STATION ELEMENTARY SCH hosts 343 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. Enrollment runs roughly 26% bigger than the state mean of about 272.

Across the 22 schools in PAPILLION LA VISTA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS (12,069 students total), RUMSEY STATION ELEMENTARY SCH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, RUMSEY STATION ELEMENTARY SCH lists that White students make up the majority at 77%. Beyond that, the school lists 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Sarpy County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Sarpy County's rate of about 23%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RUMSEY STATION ELEMENTARY SCH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.2%; this one delivers 65.4%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Sarpy County) records that median household income runs about $103,321, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Sarpy County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,055 students), RUMSEY STATION ELEMENTARY SCH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: TARA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RUMSEY STATION ELEMENTARY SCH ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 62.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. RUMSEY STATION ELEMENTARY SCH's enrollment has fell 19% since 2018, when it stood at 425 (now 343). Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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