Eagle Elementary School, Eagle NE

Original Research by School Decision on Eagle Elementary School

Eagle Elementary School serves roughly 280 students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in the village of Eagle, Nebraska, a small community in Cass County that sits within the Lincoln metropolitan area.

The school is a regular public school, one of the elementary campuses in the Waverly School District 145. Its enrollment is shaped by a notably diverse student body. The largest demographic group is students who identify as Hispanic. White students make up the next largest share, with smaller numbers of students who are American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, or of two or more races. About a quarter of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a common measure of household economic need.

On state assessments, the school’s performance varies considerably by subject and grade level. In reading and English language arts, the third-grade class showed an unusually strong proficiency rate, while the fourth- and fifth-grade classes had a more moderate showing. In math, the school’s results were weaker across the three tested grades. Science results, available for fifth grade only, were strong. When compared with other schools in Cass County on overall proficiency, the school’s composite sits in the bottom quartile among the five districts in that group. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly regarding math instruction.

The school serves only early elementary grades, so there is no graduation rate to report, and the data does not include information on special education identification or English learner status.

Housing in the Eagle area shows a market active segment with a typical home value that sits notably above Nebraska’s statewide benchmark. This may present a cost consideration for families moving into the district, though the affordability picture is shaped by local income levels and mortgage rates prevailing at the time of a home purchase.

The district brief turned up no recent major changes, referendums, or curriculum shifts to report. The school appears to operate without the disruption of a recent transformation, but no publicly available details about strategic priorities or facility plans emerged.

For a family considering Eagle, this is a small elementary building serving a mixed-income and ethnically diverse student body. The standout academic data point is third-grade reading, which may reflect a strong early literacy approach, but the other tested grades show more mixed results, especially in math. Families who value a small-town setting with proximity to Lincoln will find that here. Those with concerns about math performance may want to ask how the school supports students across grade levels in that subject.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 30%

School 0% · District 76% · ▼ 75 pts below district

even with state median

Grade 40%

School 0% · District 79% · ▼ 78 pts below district

even with state median

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 66% · ▼ 65 pts below district

even with state median

English language arts

Grade 374%

School 74% · District 69% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 74 pts above state median

Grade 443%

School 43% · District 76% · ▼ 32 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median

Grade 545%

School 45% · District 67% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▲ 45 pts above state median

Science

Grade 577%

School 77% · District 93% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▲ 77 pts above state median

This schoolWAVERLY SCHOOL DISTRICT 145, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.