WEST DODGE STATION ELEMENTARY

WEST DODGE STATION ELEMENTARY is one of the roomy elementary-level communitys in ELKHORN, Nebraska, run under ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 434 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so WEST DODGE STATION ELEMENTARY sits 60% above that benchmark.

Within ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 20 schools and 11,653 students, WEST DODGE STATION ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, WEST DODGE STATION ELEMENTARY shows that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment; the rest reads as 11% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting WEST DODGE STATION ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 6% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Douglas County runs at roughly 25%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, WEST DODGE STATION ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.2%; this one delivers 80.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Douglas County) logs that median household earnings sit near $80,391, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. WEST DODGE STATION ELEMENTARY is one of 207 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students).

The closest other public school is FIRE RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WEST DODGE STATION ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, WEST DODGE STATION ELEMENTARY comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 82.2%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. WEST DODGE STATION ELEMENTARY's enrollment has increased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 423 (now 434). White enrollment moved from 87% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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