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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
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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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
400
+108 (+37%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.2:1
% White
91%
was 93%
% Hispanic
5%
was 3%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Set in SPRINGFIELD, Nebraska, SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary campus, one of the schools within SPRINGFIELD PLATTEVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. It works with 400 students across grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 47% above that benchmark.
SPRINGFIELD PLATTEVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,230 students. SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder looks like 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.
On the resource side, On paper, SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 15% of students at SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sarpy County (around 23%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.2%, the actual is 68.7%, a residual of -2.5 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Sarpy County) reports that median household income runs about $103,321, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Sarpy County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,055 students), of which SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: PLATTEVIEW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 2.3 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 67.6%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged up 37%, going from 292 students in 2018 to 400 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.
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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
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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