Enrollment
499
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317122001760
SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY
11221 NORTHRIDGE DRIVE, GRETNA, NE 68028 · (402) 332-5578 · Sarpy County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
14.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
50 students
DISTRICT 10% · 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 | 31 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
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NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.7%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
68.1%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.9%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY
SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY this school | 499 | 10.0% | 67.8% |
| NORRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIRTH | 512 | 8.0% | N/A |
| NORRIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL FIRTH | 535 | 10.3% | 68.7% |
| MORTON EARLY LEARNING CENTER HASTINGS | 501 | 8.8% | N/A |
| ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HASTINGS | 506 | 14.0% | 67.9% |
| ELEMENTARY AT BENNET BENNET | 385 | 11.7% | 65.7% |
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 SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Sarpy County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #124 of 311 | #15 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #169 of 398 | #17 of 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #155 of 438 | #20 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #48 of 587 | #4 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #232 of 379 | #22 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.7% | #320 of 379 | #42 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.0% | #334 of 359 | #31 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #99 of 220 | #17 of 29 |
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
499
-115 (-19%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 581
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 499 | 33.4 | 14.9:1 | 10% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 29 | 13.5:1 | 22% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 390 | 28.9 | 13.5:1 | 15% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 614 | 36 | 17.1:1 | 16% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 569 | 35.3 | 16.1:1 | 11% (61) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 34 | 16.3:1 | 14% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | 35 | 16.6:1 | 10% (57) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (569 to 499); teachers down 5% (35.3 to 33.4).
About SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY
At 11221 NORTHRIDGE DRIVE in GRETNA, Nebraska, SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY operates as a high-enrollment elementary school. It had 499 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Nebraska average about 272 students, which makes this school 83% bigger than average.
GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS is the local district for SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY. It runs 12 schools with 7,013 students.
At SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY, 88% of students are White. The school is also 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 79% White share among all Sarpy County residents. The diversity index for SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY is 22%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.9:1. Elementary schools in Nebraska average 21.0:1, 6.1 more students per teacher than here. A total of 50 students, or 10%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 23% average among public schools in Sarpy County.
On the allk12 Grade, SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY lands at B-, ahead of 52% of Nebraska public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY would be expected to post about 72.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 67.8%.
In the surrounding county, Sarpy County, median household income comes to 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%. The county's public schools total 76, with about 34,055 students.
GRETNA HIGH SCHOOL sits about 0.4 miles from SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY is 6th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 614 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 499 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.1:1 to 14.9:1.
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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
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- GRETNA HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 955
- HARVEST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 489
- ASPEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 416
- ASPEN CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 863
- GRETNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 374
- GRETNA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 784
Frequently asked questions
About SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY?
SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 499 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY serve?
SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY?
At SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 88% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY public or private?
SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by GRETNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.