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R M Marrs Magnet Middle School

Public Grades 6-8

128^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 133 Nebraska Middle Schools

Better than 4% of Nebraska middle schools

Summary

R M Marrs Magnet Middle School is a public middle school in Omaha, Nebraska, serving 1,086 students in grades 6-8. Despite its "Magnet" designation, the school has consistently underperformed compared to the Omaha Public Schools district and the state of Nebraska on standardized tests, with only 27.17% of 7th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 36.32% for the district and 58.41% for the state.

The school's challenges extend beyond academics, with extremely high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 34.5% to 40.5% over the past few years, significantly higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, the school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic students, English Language Learners, and students with special education needs. When compared to nearby schools in the Omaha Public Schools district, such as Lewis & Clark Middle School, Bryan Middle School, and Norris Middle School, R M Marrs Magnet Middle School consistently ranks among the lowest-performing schools.

Despite its high spending per student, ranging from $14,262 to $17,684 over the past few years, the school's performance raises questions about the effectiveness of the resources and programs being implemented to support student success. Addressing the challenges at R M Marrs Magnet Middle School will require a comprehensive approach that considers the unique needs and circumstances of the school's community.

1,066

Students ?

15.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,596

Per pupil spending ?

83.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

5619 S 19th Street
Omaha, NE 68107-3699

(531) 299-2420

District: Omaha Public Schools

Students who attend R M Marrs Magnet Middle School usually attend:

High:

South High School

Feeder schools for R M Marrs Magnet Middle School:

Elementary:	Bancroft Elementary School
	Gomez Heritage Elementary School
	Spring Lake Magnet Center

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

88.6%

White:

5.2%

African American:

3.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 13th percentile in 2015 → 4th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Nebraska average (28% vs 58% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (34% vs 19% Nebraska)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school28%

District avg35%

Nebraska avg58%

128^th of 133

Nebraska public middle schools ?

Bottom 4%▼ down 9 pts since 2015

From bottom 13% (2015) to bottom 4% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

9^th of 13Middle Schools in the Omaha Public Schools

115^th of 118Omaha Public Schools among Nebraska districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nebraska percentile	Rating
2025	1.4	128 of 133	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	1.0	196 of 200	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	1.0	235 of 238	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.4	240 of 249	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.2	213 of 223	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.2	232 of 247	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	20.0	202 of 225	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.7	214 of 236	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	28.6	206 of 255	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	24.3	223 of 256	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	18.8	226 of 252	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	30.6	200 of 248	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	21.6	229 of 255	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	21.1	219 of 246	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	19.0	235 of 254	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	56.1	122 of 243	49.8%	★★★☆☆
2008	49.6	162 of 245	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2007	27.0	196 of 227	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	44.0	153 of 226	32.3%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nebraska percentile	Rating
2024	19.0	19 of 22	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.4	32 of 35	8.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.6	25 of 27	7.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	38.2	7 of 15	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	42.0	12 of 22	45.5%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nebraska percentile	Rating
2025	4.1	70 of 72	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.0	100 of 106	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.0	142 of 146	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.7	143 of 150	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.1	130 of 137	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.8	143 of 156	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	24.9	125 of 147	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nebraska percentile	Rating
2025	11.1	22 of 24	8.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.3	52 of 56	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.2	64 of 67	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.2	55 of 61	9.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.1	50 of 59	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	36.5	42 of 62	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	48.7	28 of 56	50.0%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nebraska percentile	Rating
2019	68.1	2 of 11	81.8%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nebraska percentile	Rating
2025	11.6	43 of 46	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.4	85 of 92	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.0	137 of 144	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.5	106 of 118	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.0	105 of 115	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.3	99 of 123	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.4	85 of 120	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nebraska percentile	Rating
2025	4.0	71 of 72	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	1.8	103 of 106	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	1.1	154 of 156	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.0	151 of 160	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.2	138 of 144	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.9	139 of 153	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.1	131 of 141	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nebraska percentile	Rating
2023	11.8	66 of 70	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.7	39 of 40	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.7	50 of 52	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	29.6	30 of 44	31.8%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nebraska percentile	Rating
2023	8.0	205 of 217	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	33.0	171 of 234	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.8	179 of 204	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.1	134 of 222	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.6	132 of 203	35.0%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2019)82nd percentile+76 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)14th percentile+12 vs school

Hispanic (2025)8th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)7th percentile+3 vs school

Special Education (2023)6th percentile+4 vs school

White (2023)6th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)1st percentile~ school

By subject vs Nebraska (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts34%-25 vs state

Mathematics22%-36 vs state

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The stats are not up-to-date.

Here is what I KNOW as of August 2014:

SUBGROUP DEMOGRAPHIC R.M.MARRS MAgnet Middle School(Grades 5-8) DISTRICT
Free & Reduced Lunch 92.7% 76.2%

Ethnic Compilation:

Hispanic American Indian African American Caucasion Asian American

89.7% .2% 1.9% 9.9% 0.1%

Multi-Ethnic
1.7%

All of the schools in this district have seen an attendance increase . The 2013-14 PK-12 membership of 51,070 demonstrates an annual increase of 609 students (1.2 percent). The Kindergarten class this year was 4,472 students, the largest seen since the 1970’s.
This middle school has seen even more of an increase than other schools in the district ( as demonstrated by the numbers below. The total attendance for 2013-2014 was 757 students.
Below is the layout of the student population for the 2014-2015 school year:

Student Population: 517 (7-8 grade only)
489 (5-6 grade only)
_____________
1006 (total students )

Building Optimal Maximum Capacity: 575 students

In this school, there are unfortunatley, 20-23 students per teacher in the 7th and 8th grad classrooms. When the newly built middle school opens next year they are hoping that the students will feed into that school and ease the extensive overcrowding issue.

Looking at the chart, it is different than the one I have pulled up from the Ne department of education and the Us dept. of education. This school has had an increase in overall scores since 2003 when it first became a magnet school. This is one of the reasons that it has become such a popular school choice.

All of the teachers are committed to the success of each and every student. I have had four of my children go through this school and my last child is a 6th grader there now.I trust the faculty there to continue growing and learning through professional development and to not only make good on their promise to continue raising the test scores but to continue educating the "whole" individual student and not just a "demographic.

Excellent Four stars for this school. First hand experience asa parent since 2003 Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NSCAS English Language Arts (2025)				NSCAS Mathematics (2025)				NSCAS Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NSCAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts All Grades	NSCAS Mathematics 6th Grade	NSCAS Mathematics 7th Grade	NSCAS Mathematics 8th Grade	NSCAS Mathematics All Grades	NSCAS Science 8th Grade	NSCAS Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
R M Marrs Magnet Middle School	Public	6-8	5619 S 19th Street	Omaha	68107	Douglas County	Omaha Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(531) 299-2420	1,066	68	15.6		55 (5.2%)	35 (3.3%)	944 (88.6%)	2 (0.2%)	7 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (2.2%)	1.4	128^th of 133 public middle schools	3.8%		1	196^th of 200 public middle schools	2.0%	68	35.3	27.2	40.6	34.2	26.1	19.0		22.1			$17,596	$1,562	$14,540
Bluestem Middle School	Public	6-8	5910 South 42 Street	Omaha	68107	Douglas County	Omaha Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(531) 299-3080	894	51	17.5		90 (10.1%)	116 (13.0%)	646 (72.3%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (3.8%)	1.5	127^th of 133 public middle schools	4.5%		1	197^th of 200 public middle schools	1.5%	70	34.0	30.3	41.8	35.3		19.0	21.2	20.1	45.9	45.9	$18,446	$1,390	$15,162
Bryan Middle School	Public	6-8	8210 S 42nd St	Omaha	68147	Sarpy County	Omaha Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(531) 299-2300	682	45	15.0		92 (13.5%)	32 (4.7%)	525 (77.0%)	4 (0.6%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	23 (3.4%)	6.3	121^st of 133 public middle schools	9.0%		1.6	192^nd of 200 public middle schools	4.0%	71	38.0	44.3	48.3	43.3			24.4	20.9			$20,854	$1,791	$16,927
Norris Middle School	Public	6-8	2235 S 46th St	Omaha	68106	Douglas County	Omaha Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(531) 299-2500	1,140	64	17.7		163 (14.3%)	102 (8.9%)	824 (72.3%)	8 (0.7%)	9 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (2.9%)	0.4	132^nd of 133 public middle schools	0.8%		0.5	199^th of 200 public middle schools	0.5%	67	22.1	28.8	29.2	27.3			13.1	13.5	38.6	38.6	$18,470	$1,441	$14,672
Logan Fontenelle Middle School	Public	7-8	701 Kayleen Dr South	Bellevue	68005	Sarpy County	Bellevue Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 293-4360	480	40	12.1	41.9%	260 (54.2%)	41 (8.5%)	128 (26.7%)	14 (2.9%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.7%)	57.7	70^th of 133 public middle schools	47.4%		54.4	105^th of 200 public middle schools	47.5%	35		70.5	70.8	70.6		62.2	65.3	63.6	77.8	77.8	$20,235	$1,280	$16,678
Ops Virtual Middle School	Public, Virtual	6-8	3230 Burt St	Omaha	68131	Douglas County	Omaha Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	No	(531) 299-0269	0	4	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Bellevue Mission Middle School	Public	7-8	2202 Washington St	Bellevue	68005	Sarpy County	Bellevue Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 293-4260	406	31	12.9	46.3%	223 (54.9%)	38 (9.4%)	90 (22.2%)	5 (1.2%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	44 (10.8%)	28.9	98^th of 133 public middle schools	26.3%		35.4	146^th of 200 public middle schools	27.0%	48		57.1	58.9	58.1		59.7	46.7	52.9	66.8	66.8	$19,978	$2,520	$14,358
Ralston Middle School	Public	7-8	8202 Lakeview	Ralston	68127	Douglas County	Ralston Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 331-4701	488	40	12.1	55.7%	191 (39.1%)	32 (6.6%)	221 (45.3%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (8.0%)	23.4	108^th of 133 public middle schools	18.8%		32	153^rd of 200 public middle schools	23.5%	45		53.2	59.4	56.4		43.4	44.6	44.0	71.7	71.7	$14,641	$247	$12,841
La Vista Middle School	Public	7-8	7900 Edgewood Blvd	La Vista	68128	Sarpy County	Papillion La Vista Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 898-0436	719	48	14.9	28.4%	477 (66.3%)	38 (5.3%)	138 (19.2%)	17 (2.4%)	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)	42 (5.8%)	52.4	74^th of 133 public middle schools	44.4%		48.6	118^th of 200 public middle schools	41.0%	44		68.4	63.9	66.2		62.9	58.4	60.6	81.8	81.8	$13,374	$81	$11,605
Westside Middle School	Public	7-8	8601 Arbor Street	Omaha	68124	Douglas County	Westside Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 390-6464	948	74	12.8	37.1%	598 (63.1%)	95 (10.0%)	122 (12.9%)	33 (3.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	98 (10.3%)	67	51^st of 133 public middle schools	61.7%		66.6	65^th of 200 public middle schools	67.5%	14		73.2	73.9	73.6		64.4	72.4	68.4	82.3	82.3	$17,162	$135	$15,078

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How many students attend R M Marrs Magnet Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,066 students attended R M Marrs Magnet Middle School.

What district is R M Marrs Magnet Middle School in?

Omaha Public Schools

What high school do graduates of R M Marrs Magnet Middle School attend?

Students who attend R M Marrs Magnet Middle School usually go on to attend South High School

What is the racial makeup of R M Marrs Magnet Middle School?

Students at R M Marrs Magnet Middle School are 89% Hispanic, 5% White, 3% African American, 2% Two or more races.

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R M Marrs Magnet Middle School ranks in the bottom 3.8% of Nebraska middle schools.

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