Enrollment
341
Elementary
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317824001685
WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
802 HIGHLAND, WAKEFIELD, NE 68784 · (402) 287-9892 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL341 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
11.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
188 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 55 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 33% smaller than its 6th grade class (40).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
49.9%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
47.3%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 341 | 55.1% | 58.1% |
| NORTH PARK ELEMENTARY COLUMBUS | 304 | 58.9% | 48.4% |
| CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COLUMBUS | 353 | 62.0% | 49.4% |
| EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COLUMBUS | 286 | 62.9% | 55.3% |
| BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEXINGTON | 385 | 51.7% | 58.0% |
| WEST PARK ELEMENTARY COLUMBUS | 215 | 58.6% | 52.8% |
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 WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #237 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #348 of 398 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #331 of 438 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 341 | #198 of 587 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #52 of 379 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.9% | #175 of 379 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.1% | #64 of 359 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.2% | #44 of 135 |
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
341
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
+81% since 1990-91, when it was 188
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 341 | 28.7 | 11.9:1 | 55% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 28.6 | 12.3:1 | 60% (213) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 26.7 | 12.8:1 | 61% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | 25 | 13.3:1 | 60% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 296 | 21.3 | 13.9:1 | 56% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 265 | 21 | 12.6:1 | 60% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 256 | 20 | 12.8:1 | 55% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 248 | 20 | 12.4:1 | 34% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 188 | 12 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (296 to 341); teachers up 35% (21.3 to 28.7).
About WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The public elementary school WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in WAKEFIELD, Nebraska. The school offers pre-K through 6 and enrolls 341 students. On average, elementary schools in Nebraska enroll around 272, and this school is 25% bigger than that mark.
WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS oversees WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and 1 other school, with 575 students in total.
At WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 64% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 35% White. Census figures show Wayne County is about 10% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 47%.
Staffing at WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes to 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.9:1. The school's 11.9:1 compares with an average of 21.0:1 for elementary schools in Nebraska. On the income side, 55% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 40% average for public schools in Wayne County is 15 points lower.
WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 45% of Nebraska public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Nebraska schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 58.1%; the prediction is 57.0%.
In Wayne County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $66,215 a year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Wayne County number 9, with about 1,837 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8. WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 333 in 2020-21 and 341 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The ratio was 13.3:1 in 2020-21 and 11.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,844
Census ACS
Median income
$66,215
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,837 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Wakefield Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Wakefield Elementary. WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Wakefield ElementaryTurlock, CA · 601 students
- Wakefield ElementaryRaleigh, NC · 520 students
- WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLITTLE ROCK, AR · 493 students
- Wakefield Elementary SchoolSHERMAN, TX · 324 students
- Wakefield ElemWakefield, KS · 129 students
Nearby schools
- WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 234
- WAYNE EARLY LEARNING CENTER7.3 mi · 46
- EMERSON-HUBBARD ELEMENTARY SCH7.3 mi · 100
- EMERSON-HUBBARD MIDDLE SCHOOL7.4 mi · 40
- EMERSON-HUBBARD HIGH SCHOOL7.4 mi · 71
- WAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.2 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 341 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 11.9:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 35% White, 64% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Wayne County.
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