The top reported proficiency rate is 85% in Science. The lowest is 72% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Kloefkorn Elementary
Kloefkorn Elementary serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Lincoln, Nebraska, and is part of the Lincoln Public Schools district. The school is located on a street named Glass Ridge Drive, in the southeastern part of the city, an area that has experienced recent residential development. For families trying to understand what this school offers and who it fits, the academic performance data is the strongest signal available.
Kloefkorn’s state assessment results show a school where most students are meeting or exceeding proficiency benchmarks. In reading, the share of students scoring proficient was well into the high range across third, fourth, and fifth grades. Science results for the fifth-grade cohort were also high. Math proficiency was solid, though it showed some variation by grade level. When compared to other elementary schools within Lincoln Public Schools and across Lancaster County, Kloefkorn’s overall proficiency index placed it in the top quartile, a sign that its academic profile is strong relative to nearby schools. This is a school where a parent can reasonably expect that a typical student is likely to be performing at grade level or above, based on the available test data.
The student body is predominantly white, with a smaller share of students identifying as two or more races, Asian, or Hispanic. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which suggests the school serves families with a range of economic backgrounds, but it is not a high-poverty school by the measure of that indicator. The school did not report data on the share of students with individualized education plans or English learner classifications, so that information is not available to help a family understand what support structures for those groups look like here.
Enrollment runs from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, with class sizes that grow slightly from kindergarten into the upper elementary grades. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet institution, and it does not appear to hold Title I status, which would have indicated a federally designated high-poverty concentration. The school’s website was not provided in the data, so information on specific programs, after-school activities, or enrichment offerings is not available for this profile. A parent interested in those details would need to contact the school or district directly.
The school sits within the Lincoln Public Schools district, which has undergone notable changes in recent years. Voters passed a large bond issue that funded construction of two new high schools and a new elementary school, along with renovations to existing buildings. Those projects have shifted attendance boundaries and relieved overcrowding across the district, affecting where children are assigned to school. The district has also shifted its approach to early reading instruction, adopting a science-of-reading framework across all elementary schools, which would apply to Kloefkorn. That change is recent and represents a district-wide pedagogical choice that families may want to understand.
Lincoln itself is the state capital and the economic and cultural center of the region. It is a city where government, the university, healthcare, and manufacturing anchor the job market. The city has seen steady population growth and has initiatives aimed at expanding affordable housing. For a family moving to Lincoln, Kloefkorn sits in a part of town with relatively newer housing stock and the typical suburban infrastructure that comes with growth. The school’s performance data suggests it is a strong choice for a family prioritizing academic achievement as measured by state tests, but the lack of reported data on special education and English learner services, as well as program details, means a family with a child who has specific needs should reach out to the school directly.
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