The top reported proficiency rate is 0% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Dodge Elementary School
Dodge Elementary School is a regular public school in Omaha, Nebraska, serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade within the Omaha Public Schools district. It sits within a large, economically diversified city that is home to major corporate headquarters across finance, insurance, and transportation. The school’s enrollment draws from a diverse student body.
State testing results for the 2024-25 school year show that no students in the tested grades reached the proficiency mark in math, English language arts, or science. Across multiple recent years of data, the school’s overall proficiency rates have been low and relatively flat; the most recent multi-year trend shows that in English language arts, students as a whole were rarely meeting the state benchmark, and in math the share was similarly low. Science results over a similar period have varied. The school’s overall proficiency index, which combines all tested subjects and grades, places Dodge Elementary in the bottom quartile among elementary schools in Douglas County. A parent examining these results would want to understand what instructional supports and interventions are in place.
The school’s demographic composition reflects a wide mix of backgrounds: a plurality of students are white, with sizable shares who are Black, Asian, and Hispanic, and a smaller share who are of two or more races. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, receive special education services, or are English learners was not available. No information on discipline rates, chronic absenteeism, or staffing levels was provided.
Since this is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate to report. The school does not appear to offer any specialized programs, accelerated tracks, or career pathways that are commonly found at the high school level, and no course-access data was supplied.
The school is located within the Omaha Public Schools district, which recently launched a district-wide literacy initiative called the Moonshot. That initiative, announced in 2024, aims to have all students reading on grade level by 2030 and is built around the Science of Reading and a structured literacy curriculum. This represents a substantial shift in reading instruction across OPS elementary grades, so families at Dodge Elementary can expect to see those changes in classroom practice.
Housing in the area around the school is moderately priced relative to national benchmarks, and rents have been rising at a pace that may concern some families. The area’s mortgage and rental costs are fairly close to one another, suggesting that many residents would find buying and renting comparably expensive. Home values in the zip code have been stable in the most recent period.
Omaha itself is a large city with a walkable downtown core around the Old Market district and the RiverFront parkland, but much of the city is car-dependent suburban-style development. Major employers include well-known corporations headquartered in the city. Population growth has been modest in recent years.
For a family considering Dodge Elementary, the student body is racially and ethnically diverse, and the district has made a clear, recent commitment to improving early literacy that could affect the school. The academic performance data, however, shows that students as a group have struggled to meet state proficiency standards in core subjects, and a parent would want to ask the school directly about its academic support structures and how the Moonshot initiative is being implemented at the building level. Without data on class sizes, special education services, or English learner support, those are open questions that would require a conversation with the school.
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