Enrollment
286
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317374001242
WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3030 S 139TH PLAZA, OMAHA, NE 68144 · (402) 715-1315 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
77 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 2 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
64%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
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NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
77.5%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
70.7%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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
73.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (73.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 286 | 26.9% | 73.2% |
| ALDRICH ELEMENTARY OMAHA | 462 | 8.4% | 86.1% |
| WALT DISNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 372 | 48.4% | 64.1% |
| WOODBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELKHORN | 641 | 7.5% | 81.3% |
| SAGEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 447 | 16.6% | 79.6% |
| ARBOR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELKHORN | 555 | 9.7% | 75.5% |
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 WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #51 of 311 | #29 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #131 of 398 | #36 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #23 of 438 | #17 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #268 of 587 | #94 of 125 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #115 of 379 | #20 of 117 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #56 of 379 | #39 of 117 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.9% | #235 of 359 | #23 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.7% | #12 of 220 | #6 of 68 |
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
286
-105 (-27%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 286 | 21.9 | 13.1:1 | 27% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 295 | 23.9 | 12.3:1 | 26% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 23.9 | 13.6:1 | 25% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 15% (59) |
| 2017-18 | 407 | 23.3 | 17.4:1 | 12% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 425 | 24 | 17.7:1 | 12% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 16% (71) |
| 2000-01 | 418 | 26 | 16.1:1 | 8% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 25 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (407 to 286); teachers down 6% (23.3 to 21.9).
About WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in OMAHA, Nebraska, administered by MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It educates 286 students in pre-K through 5.
WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a school in MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The district has 34 schools and 23,253 students.
White students are the largest group at WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 49% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 33% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. Douglas County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
The school employs the equivalent of 21.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.1:1. Among elementary schools in Nebraska, the typical ratio is 21.0:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 27%. That is close to the 25% average for public schools in Douglas County.
The allk12 Grade for WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is A. Compared with Nebraska public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 89% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 73.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 67.0%.
Census estimates describe Douglas County this way: median household income is about $80,391, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 207 public schools in Douglas County, with a combined enrollment of about 98,640.
The shortest distance from WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to MILLARD NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
The number of students declined from 391 to 286 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 16.3:1 to 13.1:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- MILLARD NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 820
- MONTCLAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 641
- CODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 307
- CATLIN MAGNET CENTER1.0 mi · 110
- OAK VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 235
- HARVEY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 286 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.1:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 49% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 33% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WILLA CATHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MILLARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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