SKYLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SKYLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in ELKHORN, Nebraska, operated by ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school instructs 370 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 36% larger than typical.

Within ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 20 schools and 11,653 students, SKYLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, SKYLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Douglas County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, SKYLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. About 6% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Douglas County runs at roughly 25%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SKYLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Nebraska schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 74.3%; actual is 82.6%, +8.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Douglas County indicate median household income runs about $80,391, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. SKYLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 207 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students).

The closest other public school is ELKHORN VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SKYLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 80.7%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 29%: 524 students in 2018 compared to 370 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 94% to 89%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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