WYSONG ELEMENTARY

WYSONG ELEMENTARY, a sprawling K-5 school in LINCOLN, Nebraska, part of LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, works with 738 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 171% larger than typical.

LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 42,301 students. WYSONG ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

Demographically, WYSONG ELEMENTARY reports that nearly all students (85%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, WYSONG ELEMENTARY logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting WYSONG ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lancaster County (around 32%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WYSONG ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.3%, the actual is 74.5%, a residual of +1.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Lancaster County put median household income runs about $74,793, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. WYSONG ELEMENTARY is one of 97 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 48,123 students).

HUMANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WYSONG ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WYSONG ELEMENTARY at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 69.6%.

WYSONG ELEMENTARY operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 70%: 435 students in 2018 compared to 738 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 91% to 85%. Class-load math has rose: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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