SEYMOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedWhat this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Nebraska's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SEYMOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Set in RALSTON, Nebraska, SEYMOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized K-5 school, overseen by RALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It works with 286 students across grades pre-K through 6.
SEYMOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 8 schools operated by RALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that teaches 3,491 students overall.
Demographically, SEYMOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 35% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Douglas County's rate of about 25%.
After controlling for student poverty, SEYMOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 56.6%; this one delivers 71.3%, a residual of +14.7 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Douglas County put median household income runs about $80,391, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Douglas County's 207 public schools (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students), SEYMOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SEYMOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 55.8%.
The campus sits in a residential setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SEYMOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has expanded 22%, going from 234 students in 2018 to 286 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 65% to 48% over that span.
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