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Enrollment
633
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317374000669
WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6707 S 178TH ST, OMAHA, NE 68135 · (402) 715-6250 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL633 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
126 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 37%
Community
1
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 | 13 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
35%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
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
73.4%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
79.8%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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
74.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.4%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (74.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 633 | 19.9% | 74.4% |
| CAVETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LINCOLN | 556 | 16.9% | 74.3% |
| REEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRETNA | 504 | 18.3% | 70.0% |
| GRACE ABBOTT ELEM SCHOOL OMAHA | 454 | 17.4% | 83.9% |
| REAGAN ELEMENTARY OMAHA | 498 | 15.1% | 74.7% |
| PYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LINCOLN | 449 | 24.1% | 68.2% |
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 WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #38 of 311 | #25 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #28 of 398 | #17 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #52 of 438 | #29 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 633 | #21 of 587 | #11 of 125 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #317 of 379 | #80 of 117 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.2% | #260 of 379 | #99 of 117 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.9% | #284 of 359 | #30 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.9% | #84 of 135 | #26 of 41 |
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
633
-26 (-4%) vs 2020
+65% since 2000-01, when it was 384
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 633 | 38.3 | 16.6:1 | 20% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 638 | 37.8 | 16.9:1 | 23% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 657 | 36.5 | 18.0:1 | 18% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 659 | 37 | 17.8:1 | 15% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 35.6 | 16.8:1 | 11% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 588 | 36 | 16.3:1 | 7% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 662 | 42 | 15.8:1 | 6% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 384 | 23 | 16.7:1 | 1% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (598 to 633); teachers up 7% (35.6 to 38.3).
About WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school located in OMAHA, Nebraska, in Douglas County. The school counted 633 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. That is 133% larger than the average of about 272 students for elementary schools in Nebraska.
MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS has 34 schools and 23,253 students, and WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White: 80%. Next come 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. The county population is about 69% White. The diversity index for WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 35%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 16.6:1, based on 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Nebraska average 21.0:1. Lunch program data show 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Compared with Nebraska schools that have similar shares of low-income students, WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 5.0 points above predicted: 74.4% against 69.4%.
In the surrounding county, Douglas County, the median household earns about $80,391 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Douglas County has 207 public schools with about 98,640 students, including WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About 0.3 miles separate WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, BEADLE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 659 (2020-21) to 633 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 16.6:1, from 17.8:1.
WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
590,736
Census ACS
Median income
$80,391
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
207
98,640 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- MILLARD NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- MILLARD SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,526 students
- MILLARD WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,344 students
- BEADLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,011 students
- KIEWIT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 967 students
- HARRY ANDERSEN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 898 students
Other schools in OMAHA
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,587 students
- MILLARD NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- MILLARD SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,526 students
- SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,412 students
- MILLARD WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,344 students
- WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,145 students
Other Wheeler Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Wheeler Elementary. WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 4.
- Wheeler ElementaryLouisville, KY · 626 students
- Wheeler Elementary SchoolTUCSON, AZ · 391 students
- WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNEDROW, NY · 240 students
Nearby schools
- BEADLE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,011
- MILLARD WEST HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 2,344
- RUSSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 760
- CEDAR HOLLOW ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 272
- WILLOWDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 469
- REEDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 504
Frequently asked questions
About WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 633 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 80% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.