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Enrollment
715
Elementary
DISTRICT 174 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHUYLER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 317645001576
SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2404 DENVER, SCHUYLER, NE 68661 · (402) 352-9940 · Colfax County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL715 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.4:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 636.3:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
370 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 37%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 152 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Based on grade levels within SCHUYLER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
41.4%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
64.7%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 715 | 51.7% | 52.5% |
| BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEXINGTON | 385 | 51.7% | 58.0% |
| EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY LEXINGTON | 279 | 57.7% | N/A |
| CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SO SIOUX CITY | 424 | 60.6% | 56.6% |
| NORTH PARK ELEMENTARY COLUMBUS | 304 | 58.9% | 48.4% |
| WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAKEFIELD | 341 | 55.1% | 58.1% |
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 SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Colfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #289 of 311 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #214 of 398 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #388 of 438 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 715 | #9 of 587 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #141 of 379 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.1% | #327 of 379 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.7% | #78 of 359 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #140 of 220 | N/A |
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
715
+46 (+7%) vs 2020
+27% since 2010-11, when it was 563
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 715 | 53.2 | 13.4:1 | 52% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 602 | 43.4 | 13.9:1 | 71% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 621 | 43 | 14.4:1 | 74% (460) |
| 2020-21 | 669 | 53 | 12.6:1 | 66% (444) |
| 2017-18 | 776 | 54.5 | 14.3:1 | 79% (613) |
| 2015-16 | 845 | 56 | 15.1:1 | 86% (729) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 41 | 13.7:1 | 83% (467) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (776 to 715); teachers down 2% (54.5 to 53.2).
About SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school that serves part of SCHUYLER, Nebraska. It has an enrollment of 715 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 272 students for elementary schools in Nebraska.
A total of 8 schools make up SCHUYLER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, with 2,089 students enrolled.
Roughly 89% of students at SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 6% White and 4% Black. Among people living in Colfax County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. The diversity index for SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 20%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 53.2 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.4:1. Across elementary schools in Nebraska, the average ratio is 21.0:1. Roughly 52% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Nebraska public elementary schools, SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5.7 points below its prediction. Actual: 52.5%. Predicted: 58.2%.
In the wider Colfax County area, the median household earns about $82,530 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Colfax County with 13 other public schools.
DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL sits about 0.3 miles from SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd among 4 schools close by.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Remote: the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
A 7% rise took enrollment from 669 in 2020-21 to 715 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Colfax County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,641
Census ACS
Median income
$82,530
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
2,762 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SCHUYLER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
- SCHUYLER CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 643 students
- SCHUYLER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 400 students
- NORTH WARD PREKINDERGARTENElementary · 113 students
- DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOLElementary · 82 students
- SCHUYLER HEADSTARTElementary · 75 students
- SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY-FISHER'SElementary · 31 students
Other schools in SCHUYLER
- SCHUYLER CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 643 students
- SCHUYLER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 400 students
- NORTH WARD PREKINDERGARTENElementary · 113 students
- DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOLElementary · 82 students
- SCHUYLER HEADSTARTElementary · 75 students
- SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY-FISHER'SElementary · 31 students
Other Schuyler Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Schuyler Elementary. SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Schuyler Elementary SchoolKEARNY, NJ · 437 students
Nearby schools
- DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 82
- NORTH WARD PREKINDERGARTEN0.8 mi · 113
- SCHUYLER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 400
- SCHUYLER HEADSTART1.2 mi · 75
- SCHUYLER CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 643
- SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY-FISHER'S4.4 mi · 31
Frequently asked questions
About SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 715 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 6% White, 89% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SCHUYLER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.