Elementary · Nebraska

Howard Elementary School

Free meals for all

Howard Elementary School, a public elementary school in Grand Island, Nebraska: grades pre-k–5, 484 students, 16.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Grand Island Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
484
Teachers (FTE)
28.9
Students per teacher
16.8
Grades
Pre-K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 91% of elementary schools in Nebraska

Median 13.4 · 531 schools compared

More students per teacher than 72% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 89% of elementary schools in Nebraska

Median 286 · 531 schools compared

Larger than 63% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Nebraska's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Nebraska: 59%

31%proficient

A lower share proficient than 98% of elementary schools in Nebraska

Median 64% · 374 elementary schools compared

67 students tested, grades 3 · Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS); proficient means Levels 2-3 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Nebraska: 58%

Not published: too few students tested.

Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS); proficient means Levels 2-3

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Small city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Grand Island Public Schools.

Location

Address
502 W 9TH St, Grand Island, NE 68801
Phone
(308)385-5916
City or town
Grand Island

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Jefferson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–535214.5—50%
Lincoln Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–532814.9——
Knickrehm Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–526315.8—64%
Wasmer Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–537314.9——
Newell Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–534813.751%75%
Dodge Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–543615.0—27%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 310001601018