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WOODBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedWhat this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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%.
About WOODBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located at 18520 PURPLE MARTIN PARKWAY, in ELKHORN, Nebraska, WOODBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large K-5 school that works with 641 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so WOODBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 136% above that benchmark.
WOODBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 20 schools operated by ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that teaches 11,653 students overall.
In terms of who attends, WOODBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 66%. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. Compared to Douglas County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting WOODBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 7% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Douglas County runs at roughly 25%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WOODBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.8%, the actual is 81.3%, a residual of +7.5 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Douglas County shows median household income runs about $80,391, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Douglas County's 207 public schools (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students), WOODBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is ELKHORN NORTH RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WOODBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WOODBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 77.8%.
The campus sits in a low-density setting.
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Douglas County at a glance
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