ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a moderately sized elementary campus in LINCOLN, Nebraska, ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL instructs 360 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. That puts it 32% larger than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 272 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.1%, the actual is 61.0%, a residual of -2.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lancaster County) records that the typical household earns roughly $74,793 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 97 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 48,123 students).

POUND MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 67.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 420 students in 2018 compared to 360 in 2025.

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