Enrollment
358
Elementary
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317281001135
SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1711 N ERIE, LEXINGTON, NE 68850 · (308) 324-5540 · Dawson County
GRADES 02–03ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL358 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
297 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 37%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 186 | 52% |
| Grade 3 | 172 | 48% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
29.7%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
36.9%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NE schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (31.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 358 | 83.0% | 31.2% |
| PERSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEXINGTON | 312 | 81.1% | 39.5% |
| MORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEXINGTON | 321 | 81.6% | N/A |
| COVINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SO SIOUX CITY | 408 | 74.5% | 55.4% |
| MOCKINGBIRD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 473 | 71.9% | 46.7% |
| BLUMFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 373 | 66.8% | 50.9% |
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 SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Dawson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #311 of 311 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #381 of 398 | #6 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #429 of 438 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 358 | #182 of 587 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #178 of 379 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.3% | #259 of 379 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.0% | #2 of 359 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.7% | #47 of 135 | #2 of 6 |
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
358
+66 (+23%) vs 2020
+103% since 1990-91, when it was 176
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 358 | 25.4 | 14.1:1 | 83% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 25.1 | 12.8:1 | 86% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 24.2 | 12.3:1 | 83% (246) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | 23 | 12.7:1 | 86% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 312 | 21.6 | 14.4:1 | 86% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 264 | 20 | 13.2:1 | 88% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 234 | 20 | 11.7:1 | 82% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 259 | 18 | 14.4:1 | 61% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 176 | 9 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (312 to 358); teachers up 17% (21.6 to 25.4).
About SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a medium-sized elementary school, SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in LEXINGTON, Nebraska. The school enrolls 358 students, from grades 2 through 3. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Nebraska is about 272, so this school runs 32% larger than that.
LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS counts 7 schools and 3,242 students, including SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment is 79% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 13% Black and 7% White. In Dawson County overall, about 37% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 35%.
Federal staffing data show 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 14.1:1. That ratio is under the 21.0:1 average for elementary schools in Nebraska. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 83% of students. That is higher than the 61% average for public schools in Dawson County.
allk12 grades SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an F. The grade compares the school only with Nebraska public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 16.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 31.2% actual versus 47.2% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Nebraska schools on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Dawson County show that median household income is about $69,880, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 19 public schools in Dawson County, with a combined enrollment of about 5,509.
The school nearest to SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 6th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 292 in 2020-21 and 358 in 2024-25, a 23% increase. Federal data show the ratio rising from 12.7:1 to 14.1:1.
Discussions about SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Dawson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
24,202
Census ACS
Median income
$69,880
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
5,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 915 students
- LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 672 students
- BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 385 students
- MORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 321 students
- PERSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 312 students
- EARLY LEARNING ACADEMYElementary · 279 students
Other schools in LEXINGTON
- LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 915 students
- LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 672 students
- BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 385 students
- MORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 321 students
- PERSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 312 students
- EARLY LEARNING ACADEMYElementary · 279 students
Other Sandoz Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Sandoz Elementary. SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 336 students
Nearby schools
- LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 915
- BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 385
- LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 672
- PERSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 312
- MORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 321
- EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY2.2 mi · 279
Frequently asked questions
About SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 358 students in grades 02-03.
What age range does SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade 02 through grade 03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.1:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 7% White, 79% Hispanic, 13% Black.
What district is SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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