The Nebraska Department of Education released the annual “district snapshot” of its AQUESST review program this past week for the state and individual school districts in Nebraska.
The results measure demographics of each district including student population, graduation rates, teacher numbers, English learners, free and reduced lunch, gifted learners and students with disabilities, along with test score results for the previous year’s testing cycles.
Through a combination of numbers, formulas and data, the system intends to “grade” each district on a host of results, including the ‘six tenets’ of the AQUESST system. Since the program’s inception a number of years ago, however, not all six tenets have been implemented, so the test scores are the main comparison.
The information provides a Statewide level averaged of all results, District-level results, and then individual “schools” or building results, predominantly with elementary and high school numbers in English, Mathematics, Science, and, most recently, the ACT as a standard testing system.
The testing results are indicated in a “proficiency” status, and are not a pass/fail or grade number.
The testing results are indicated in a “proficiency” status, how many students are deemed “proficient” at the given subject, and are not a pass/fail or grade number.
A “proficiency” of 41% would indicate that 41% of students can perform to expectations.
Results are reported in four levels, highest to lowest, “Excellent,” “Great,” “Good” or “Needs Support to Improve.”
This year’s statewide results – this year’s figure and last year’s figure in this format: 2025 (2024) to show improvement or decline in results.
State of Nebraska
Number of Students: 330,136 (328,649)
Teachers: 23,951 (23,792)
English Learners: 10% (9%)
Gifted: 13% (13%)
Disabilities: 17% (17%)
College-Going Rate: 76% (72%)
English Language Arts: 59% proficient (59%)
Mathematics 58% proficient (58%)
Science: 80% proficient (74%)
ACT (11th grade): ELA 43%,
Math, 41%, Science, 48% (45, 42, 49)
This year’s results indicated that Crofton Community Schools continued it’s “Excellent” status that it has maintained since at least 2021-2022. Results collected during the “Covid” pandemic were not released, and those before are archived on the Nebraska Department of Education’s website.
Crofton Community Schools
Number of Students: 364 (366)
Teachers: 30 (30)
English Learners: (* too few to report) (same)
Gifted: 25% (27%)
Disabilities: 20% (21%)
College-Going Rate: 81% (86%)
English Language Arts: 76% (73%)
Mathematics 72% (73%)
Science: 93% (69%)
ACT (11th grade): ELA 72%, Math, 72%, Science, 78% (46, 67, 63)