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Which teacher or staff member at ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
360
Elementary
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317284001183
ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4900 S 52ND ST, LINCOLN, NE 68516 · (402) 436-1169 · Lancaster County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL360 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
136 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
59.8%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
56.7%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 360 | 37.8% | 61.0% |
| PADDOCK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 285 | 39.6% | 64.4% |
| COTTONWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 303 | 35.6% | 62.8% |
| BEATTIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LINCOLN | 333 | 35.4% | 64.4% |
| PETER SARPY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLEVUE | 466 | 39.3% | 56.0% |
| HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LINCOLN | 402 | 31.1% | 68.0% |
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 ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #208 of 311 | #20 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #289 of 398 | #21 of 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #224 of 438 | #21 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 360 | #179 of 587 | #33 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #124 of 379 | #23 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #143 of 379 | #25 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #158 of 359 | #8 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #84 of 220 | #11 of 31 |
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
360
-67 (-16%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 465
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 360 | 27.1 | 13.3:1 | 38% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 28 | 13.5:1 | 39% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 31.3 | 14.1:1 | 42% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 32 | 13.3:1 | 43% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 30.5 | 13.8:1 | 44% (185) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 31 | 15.1:1 | 30% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 412 | 29 | 14.2:1 | 34% (142) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 19% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 465 | 26 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (420 to 360); teachers down 11% (30.5 to 27.1).
About ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in LINCOLN, Nebraska. It has an enrollment of 360 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Nebraska, the average enrollment is about 272.
ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits within LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which has 67 schools and 42,301 students.
More than half of enrollment at ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White: 67%. Next come 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 5% Black. The county population is about 81% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 52%.
The school had 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.3:1. The gap from the 21.0:1 average for elementary schools in Nebraska is 7.7 students per teacher. The school reported 38% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (61.0% versus 63.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Nebraska.
In the wider Lancaster County area, median household income comes to about $74,793, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lancaster County counts 97 public schools with about 48,123 students.
ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is POUND MIDDLE SCHOOL (about 0.5 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Compared with its nearest neighbors, ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th of 8 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had a net loss of 67 students, or 16%.
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Lancaster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
326,696
Census ACS
Median income
$74,793
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
97
48,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,110 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,086 students
- LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,982 students
- NORTH STAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,927 students
- LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,848 students
- LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,819 students
Other schools in LINCOLN
- SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,110 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,086 students
- LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,982 students
- NORTH STAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,927 students
- LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,848 students
- LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,819 students
Nearby schools
- POUND MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 731
- CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 337
- HUMANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 487
- ROUSSEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 587
- MAXEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 674
- LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,848
Frequently asked questions
About ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 360 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 67% White, 16% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ZEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.