Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 334 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 310008501623
ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1305 HOWARD AVE, ST PAUL, NE 68873 · (308) 754-4433 · Howard County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% 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.
- CBeats 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
13.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
113 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 50 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 14% smaller than its 6th grade class (57).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→ST PAUL JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within ST PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.6%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
72.2%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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
62.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.2%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (62.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 390 | 29.0% | 62.9% |
| CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MURRAY | 376 | 27.1% | 65.8% |
| WAHOO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAHOO | 475 | 27.6% | 60.4% |
| ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARLINGTON | 372 | 25.3% | 73.6% |
| BLAIR ARBOR PARK ELEMENTARY BLAIR | 494 | 27.7% | 56.9% |
| ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH TEKAMAH | 288 | 31.6% | 62.2% |
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 ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #189 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #103 of 398 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #304 of 438 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #146 of 587 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #112 of 379 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.2% | #340 of 379 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.0% | #220 of 359 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #198 of 220 |
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
390
-16 (-4%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 277
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 390 | 30 | 13.0:1 | 29% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 30.4 | 12.3:1 | 31% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 387 | 30.5 | 12.7:1 | 28% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 30 | 13.5:1 | 30% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 29.8 | 13.4:1 | 30% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 29% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | 25 | 15.5:1 | 37% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 313 | 22 | 14.2:1 | 41% (129) |
| 1990-91 | 277 | 17 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (399 to 390); teachers up 1% (29.8 to 30).
About ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school based in ST PAUL, Nebraska. It covers pre-K through 6, with a total enrollment of 390 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Nebraska average about 272 students each.
Besides ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ST PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 1 other school. The district enrolls 667 students.
White students are the large majority at ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 91% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 6% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 92% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 17%.
Teachers at ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL total 30 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.0:1. The 21.0:1 average for elementary schools in Nebraska is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 113 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 29%. Across public schools in Howard County, the average is about the same, 30%.
Measured against Nebraska public elementary schools, ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3.3 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Nebraska schools.
Federal survey data for Howard County show that median household income is about $76,767, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 2% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 7 public schools in Howard County.
The nearest other public school, ST PAUL JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 4 other public schools sit within ten miles of ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. By average proficiency, ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6th among 7 schools close by.
ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 406 students to 390.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,534
Census ACS
Median income
$76,767
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
2%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,396 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- ST PAUL JR/SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 277 students
Other St Paul Elementary schools
One other US public school is named St Paul Elementary. ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- St Paul Elementary SchoolSt Paul, OR · 150 students
Nearby schools
- ST PAUL JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 277
- ELBA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.2 mi · 52
- ELBA SECONDARY SCHOOL7.2 mi · 53
- ST LIBORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.8 mi · 161
- PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.4 mi · 184
- PALMER JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH10.4 mi · 129
Frequently asked questions
About ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 390 students in grades PK-06.
Is ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.0:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ST PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by ST PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Howard County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.