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Enrollment
760
Middle
DISTRICT 878 · STATE 411
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317374000240
RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL
5304 S 172ND ST, OMAHA, NE 68135 · (402) 715-8500 · Douglas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL760 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of Nebraska public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
16.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 14.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
138 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 6 | 256 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 224 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 280 | 37% |
Student demographics
34%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
73.8%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
74.8%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.0%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL
RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (69.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 760 | 18.2% | 69.2% |
| LUX MIDDLE SCHOOL LINCOLN | 803 | 19.7% | 70.5% |
| BEADLE MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA | 1,011 | 16.0% | 67.1% |
| LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL PAPILLION | 522 | 16.3% | 71.4% |
| KIEWIT MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA | 967 | 23.2% | 70.0% |
| SCOTT MIDDLE SCHOOL LINCOLN | 1,020 | 20.9% | 71.5% |
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 RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #17 of 86 | #9 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #17 of 108 | #7 of 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #9 of 109 | #6 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 760 | #24 of 143 | #12 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #74 of 88 | #16 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.8% | #63 of 88 | #22 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.2% | #73 of 88 | #9 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #42 of 52 | #10 of 14 |
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
760
+11 (+1%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 868
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 760 | 46.6 | 16.3:1 | 18% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 738 | 47.1 | 15.7:1 | 18% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 779 | 47.6 | 16.4:1 | 16% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 749 | 48 | 15.6:1 | 16% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 784 | 49.7 | 15.8:1 | 11% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 870 | 55 | 15.8:1 | 7% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 852 | 58 | 14.7:1 | 8% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 868 | 56 | 15.5:1 | 1% (8) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (784 to 760); teachers down 6% (49.7 to 46.6).
About RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL
RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-grades school in OMAHA, Nebraska, and it is part of MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. A federal count lists 760 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Nebraska) has about 411 students.
The district for RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 34 schools and 23,253 students.
About 81% of the student body at RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is White. The remaining shares are 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. Douglas County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school's share is higher. RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL's diversity index is 34%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 16.3:1. That is higher than the 14.5:1 average for middle schools in Nebraska. Eligible students account for 18% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
The allk12 Grade for RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is A-. Compared with Nebraska public middle schools, the school scored higher than 82% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 69.2% is within a point of the 70.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Douglas County, 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. RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 207 public schools in the county.
WILLOWDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the public school closest to RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 69.2% against a local average of 69.6%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 749 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 760.
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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
Other Russell Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Russell Middle. RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Russell Middle SchoolWinder, GA · 973 students
- Russell Middle SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 520 students
- Russell Middle SchoolRussell, KY · 488 students
Nearby schools
- WILLOWDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 469
- MILLARD WEST HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 2,344
- WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 633
- BEADLE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,011
- ROHWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 450
- BLACK ELK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 760 students in grades 06-08.
Is RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 81% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Douglas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.