The top reported proficiency rate is 44% in Science. The lowest is 0% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Field Club Elementary School
Field Club Elementary is a regular public school in the Omaha Public Schools system, serving students from prekindergarten through fifth grade. It is one of the many neighborhood elementary buildings within Nebraska’s largest school district, located in the southern part of the city near the Field Club neighborhood. The school enrolls a student body that is predominantly Hispanic, with a notably smaller share of white students and a modest mix of Black, two-or-more-races, Asian, and American Indian or Alaska Native students. The total enrollment is substantial for an elementary school, and it draws families from a corridor of Omaha that is among the city’s more diverse residential areas.
State assessment results for the 2024–25 school year offer a picture that families will want to look into carefully. In math, proficiency rates for third, fourth, and fifth graders were very low. In English language arts, performance varied by grade: a share of third graders met the proficiency bar, fourth graders at a moderately lower rate, and fifth graders showed no students reaching proficiency in the tested year. Science, tested only in fifth grade, showed a noticeably higher share of students meeting the standard. The multi-year trend data, which is limited to a single assessment year, shows the same pattern. When compared across districts in Douglas County, Field Club’s overall proficiency index sits in the bottom quartile. This is not a measure of the school’s effort or its teachers, but it does mean that a parent moving into the area should ask the school directly about the supports in place, especially in reading and math.
Because Field Club serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to consider, and chronic absenteeism data was not available in the state reporting. The school’s status as a regular public school means it follows standard district curriculum and assessment. A notable district-wide shift recently took place: Omaha Public Schools launched a “Moonshot” initiative in 2024, committing to have all students reading on grade level by 2030 and embedding structured literacy and the Science of Reading into everyday instruction. For families with children at Field Club, this means the school is part of a multi-year pedagogical change that will affect how reading is taught across the elementary years.
The community context of Field Club is Omaha itself, a city that anchors the regional economy with Fortune-level corporate headquarters, a strong professional sector, and a cultural core that includes the Old Market district, the Henry Doorly Zoo, and the RiverFront park system. Housing in the zip code area around the school carries a cost that is below the Nebraska state benchmark and comparable to the national average for home values and rents. The area is largely built out and car-dependent outside of downtown, and the school is set in a residential section of the city. The county-wide unemployment rate and median household income are in line with national figures.
For a family considering Field Club Elementary, the immediate takeaway is that this is a school with a very diverse student population, a setting within a large urban district undergoing a major literacy initiative, and academic achievement numbers that lag well behind the county median. That gap does not define the school, but it does make it important to visit, to speak with the principal about intervention programs, and to understand what the district’s Moonshot effort will mean in practice for a child in the early grades. For families who prioritize diversity of background and a neighborhood connection to south Omaha, Field Club is the local assignment school. For those looking for above-average test performance among Douglas County elementary schools, other options in the district may align more closely with that priority.
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