Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD PLATTEVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 317563001516
SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
940 MAIN ST, SPRINGFIELD, NE 68059 · (402) 253-2245 · Sarpy County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
60 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 26 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 15% larger than its 6th grade class (46).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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 SPRINGFIELD PLATTEVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
67.2%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
64.6%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 67 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
68.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.2%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (68.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 400 | 15.0% | 68.7% |
| BENNINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BENNINGTON | 368 | 13.9% | 77.2% |
| GRETNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRETNA | 374 | 16.6% | 70.8% |
| MEADOWLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KEARNEY | 417 | 14.4% | 80.1% |
| LOUISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOUISVILLE | 374 | 17.9% | 69.7% |
| ASHLAND-GREENWOOD PRIMARY ELEMENTARY ASHLAND | 333 | 17.1% | N/A |
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 SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Sarpy County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #109 of 311 | #13 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #216 of 398 | #23 of 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #124 of 438 | #17 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #131 of 587 | #18 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #155 of 379 | #12 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.8% | #336 of 379 | #43 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.0% | #320 of 359 | #26 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +37.0% | #10 of 135 | #1 of 10 |
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
400
+90 (+29%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 310
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 400 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 15% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 28.3 | 13.4:1 | 19% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 363 | 26.8 | 13.6:1 | 16% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 24 | 12.9:1 | 21% (64) |
| 2017-18 | 292 | 24 | 12.2:1 | 20% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 23 | 12.8:1 | 22% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 269 | 22 | 12.2:1 | 21% (57) |
| 2000-01 | 288 | 20 | 14.4:1 | 18% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 310 | 17 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 37% (292 to 400); teachers up 21% (24 to 29).
About SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in SPRINGFIELD, Nebraska, is a medium-sized elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 6, and enrollment is 400 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Nebraska is about 272, so this school runs 47% above that.
The 4 schools in SPRINGFIELD PLATTEVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS enroll 1,230 students altogether, SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls a student body that is 91% White. The school is also 5% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 79% White share among all Sarpy County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 18%.
SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 29 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.8:1. That ratio is under the 21.0:1 average for elementary schools in Nebraska. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 15%. The average for public schools in Sarpy County is 23%.
In Nebraska, SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 68.7% actual against a predicted 71.2%.
In Sarpy County (population about 197,389), median household income is about $103,321, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 76 public schools in Sarpy County, which together enroll about 34,055 students.
Nearest public school: PLATTEVIEW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 2.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: 6. Ranked by average proficiency, SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 3rd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Under the NCES locale system, SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Rural: Fringe.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 29%, from 310 to 400.
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Sarpy County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,389
Census ACS
Median income
$103,321
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
34,055 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SPRINGFIELD PLATTEVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
- PLATTEVIEW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 387 students
- WESTMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 264 students
- PLATTEVIEW CENTRAL JR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 179 students
Other schools in SPRINGFIELD
- PLATTEVIEW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 387 students
- PLATTEVIEW CENTRAL JR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 179 students
Other Springfield Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 12 states are named Springfield Elementary. SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 5th largest of the 15.
- Springfield Elementary SchoolSpringfield, GA · 876 students
- Springfield ElementaryFort Mill, SC · 798 students
- Springfield ElementaryCharleston, SC · 679 students
- Springfield Elementary SchoolSpringfield, LA · 569 students
- Springfield Elementary SchoolNew Middletown, OH · 347 students
Nearby schools
- PLATTEVIEW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 387
- PLATTEVIEW CENTRAL JR HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 179
- ASHBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 391
- PATRIOT ELEMENTARY4.2 mi · 361
- WESTMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.3 mi · 264
- PAPILLION LA VISTA SOUTH HS4.9 mi · 2,038
Frequently asked questions
About SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 400 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by SPRINGFIELD PLATTEVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS in Sarpy County.
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