Enrollment
201
Elementary
DISTRICT 134 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHELBY - RISING CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317659001593
SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
650 N WALNUT, SHELBY, NE 68662 · (402) 527-5946 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL201 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
63 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→SHELBY - RISING CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL→SHELBY - RISING CITY HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within SHELBY - RISING CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.7%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
71.3%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 201 | 31.3% | 66.0% |
| ST LIBORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST LIBORY | 161 | 36.0% | 63.3% |
| HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HEMINGFORD | 209 | 32.1% | 66.6% |
| PERKINS COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCH GRANT | 241 | 31.5% | 63.7% |
| SUTTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUTTON | 225 | 36.4% | 63.4% |
| ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT WILBER WILBER | 254 | 34.3% | 60.2% |
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 SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #146 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #124 of 398 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #211 of 438 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 201 | #377 of 587 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #15 of 379 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.5% | #253 of 379 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.3% | #204 of 359 |
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
201
+10 (+5%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 158
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 201 | 19.6 | 10.3:1 | 31% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 202 | 19.4 | 10.4:1 | 32% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 212 | 19 | 11.2:1 | 29% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 191 | 16 | 11.9:1 | 40% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 190 | 17.3 | 11.0:1 | 37% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 167 | 16 | 10.4:1 | 44% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 176 | 15 | 11.7:1 | 28% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 161 | 11 | 14.6:1 | 35% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 158 | 11 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (190 to 201); teachers up 14% (17.3 to 19.6).
About SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in SHELBY, Nebraska, and it is part of SHELBY - RISING CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 201 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Nebraska average about 272 students, which makes this school 26% below average.
SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits within SHELBY - RISING CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which has 3 schools and 403 students.
The largest group at SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White students, at 77%. The remaining students are 20% Hispanic and 2% Native American. Among people living in Polk County, the White share is about 91%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 37%.
There are 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 10.3:1. The school's 10.3:1 compares with an average of 21.0:1 for elementary schools in Nebraska. By family income, 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Polk County average a similar 29%.
On the allk12 Grade, SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 63% of Nebraska public elementary schools.
In Nebraska, SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 66.0% actual against a predicted 65.4%.
Looking at the county, Polk County, the median household earns about $69,768 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Polk County has 10 public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, SHELBY - RISING CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, is the closest to SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had a net gain of 10 students, or 5%. The school's ratio dropped from 11.9:1 to 10.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,225
Census ACS
Median income
$69,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
1,118 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SHELBY - RISING CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- SHELBY - RISING CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 112 students
- SHELBY - RISING CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 90 students
Other schools in SHELBY
- SHELBY - RISING CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 112 students
- SHELBY - RISING CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 90 students
Nearby schools
- SHELBY - RISING CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 90
- SHELBY - RISING CITY HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 112
- OSCEOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.5 mi · 120
- OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL6.5 mi · 39
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL6.5 mi · 91
- CROSS COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL12.5 mi · 74
Frequently asked questions
About SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 201 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 77% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by SHELBY - RISING CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Polk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.