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What's the biggest difference between SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,006
Middle
DISTRICT 771 · STATE 411
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317284002215
SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL
700 PENROSE DRIVE, LINCOLN, NE 68521 · (402) 436-1222 · Lancaster County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,006 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Nebraska public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
447 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 343 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 328 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 335 | 33% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
54.1%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
49.2%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% 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 SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL
SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (52.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,006 | 44.4% | 52.0% |
| MILLARD CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA | 811 | 50.9% | 45.5% |
| IRVING MIDDLE SCHOOL LINCOLN | 795 | 39.6% | 54.2% |
| WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA | 948 | 37.1% | 60.2% |
| LOGAN FONTENELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL BELLEVUE | 480 | 41.9% | 59.0% |
| BELLEVUE MISSION MIDDLE SCHOOL BELLEVUE | 406 | 46.3% | 48.0% |
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 SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #67 of 86 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #74 of 108 | #10 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #62 of 109 | #10 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,006 | #6 of 143 | #2 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #71 of 88 | #12 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #19 of 88 | #6 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.4% | #30 of 88 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.7% | #12 of 32 | N/A |
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
1,006
+91 (+10%) vs 2020
+29% since 2010-11, when it was 777
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 1,006 | 63.5 | 15.8:1 | 44% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 926 | 64.3 | 14.4:1 | 48% (447) |
| 2022-23 | 917 | 61.2 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 915 | 65 | 14.1:1 | 41% (379) |
| 2017-18 | 862 | 56.7 | 15.2:1 | 41% (356) |
| 2015-16 | 811 | 55 | 14.8:1 | 42% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 777 | 54 | 14.4:1 | 42% (330) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (862 to 1,006); teachers up 12% (56.7 to 63.5).
About SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL
SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL is classified as a middle school. It is located in LINCOLN, Nebraska. It teaches 1,006 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Nebraska enroll about 411 students on average.
SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL is among 67 schools run by LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which serves 42,301 students.
At SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL, 60% of students are White. It is also 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Black, and 6% Asian. For comparison, the population of Lancaster County is roughly 81% White. The diversity index for SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 63.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. Compared with the 14.5:1 average for middle schools in Nebraska, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 44% of the student body. Among public schools in Lancaster County, the average eligibility rate is 32%.
SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 30% of Nebraska public middle schools.
SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL falls short of its prediction by 8.8 points. The model expects 60.8% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Nebraska; the school's rate is 52.0%.
For the population of Lancaster County, median household income comes to about $74,793, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lancaster County's 97 public schools enroll about 48,123 students and include SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is FREDSTROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
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.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 10%, from 915 to 1,006. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.1 to 15.8 over 4 years.
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Lancaster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
326,696
Census ACS
Median income
$74,793
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
97
48,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,110 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,086 students
- LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,982 students
- NORTH STAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,927 students
- LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,848 students
- LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,819 students
Other schools in LINCOLN
- SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,110 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,086 students
- LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,982 students
- NORTH STAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,927 students
- LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,848 students
- LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,819 students
Nearby schools
- FREDSTROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 443
- KOOSER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 929
- GOODRICH MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 849
- EDUCARE OF LINCOLN2.8 mi · 124
- CAMPBELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 669
- BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 773
Frequently asked questions
About SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,006 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 64 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
How diverse is SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 60% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
SCHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.