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Miller Park Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
Summary

Miller Park Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-5 in Omaha, Nebraska, with 390 students. The school is part of the Omaha Public Schools district, which is ranked 177 out of 182 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Miller Park Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of Nebraska elementary schools over the past decade, with a current ranking of 390 out of 428 schools.

Miller Park Elementary faces significant challenges, with high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 21.1% to 40.5% in recent years, which is significantly higher than the district and state averages. Academically, the school's students consistently perform well below state and district averages on the NSCAS standardized tests, with only 36-48% of students proficient in English Language Arts and Mathematics, compared to 58-61% statewide. The school also has a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 85-93% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in recent years.

Interestingly, the nearby Florence Elementary, Kennedy Elementary, and Wakonda Elementary schools, which are also part of the Omaha Public Schools district, generally outperform Miller Park Elementary across academic metrics and absenteeism rates. Additionally, while Miller Park's African American students perform relatively better than the school's overall performance, the school's female and male students, as well as its low-income students, rank in the bottom quarter of their respective subgroups statewide.

410
Students ?
18.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$17,494
Per pupil spending ?
85.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 5625 N 28th Avenue
       Omaha, NE  68111-1765

(531) 299-1820

District: Omaha Public Schools


Students who attend Miller Park Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Mc Millan Magnet Middle School
High:    North High School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
49.3%
Hispanic:
28.0%
White:
10.5%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Rebounding — 2nd percentile in 2021 → 9th in 2024
Strengths
Ranking is rebounding — up to 9th (2024) from a 2nd-percentile low (2021)
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Nebraska average (38% vs 58% meeting standards)
!High chronic absenteeism (28% vs 19% Nebraska)
!English Language Arts scores 22 pts below the Nebraska average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school38%
District avg35%
Nebraska avg58%
Not ranked this year
Miller Park Elementary School did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
115th 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNebraska percentileRating
202411.9390 of 4288.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.5414 of 4599.8%★☆☆☆☆
20228.7424 of 4577.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20213.0433 of 4422.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.9417 of 4527.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.4404 of 45010.2%★☆☆☆☆
201715.7409 of 45910.9%★☆☆☆☆
201615.8433 of 4809.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201528.5388 of 48820.5%★☆☆☆☆
201438.1326 of 48332.5%★★☆☆☆
201319.9424 of 48512.6%★☆☆☆☆
201215.1441 of 4808.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20118.2450 of 4734.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201028.5444 of 50211.6%★☆☆☆☆
200950.6296 of 47137.2%★★☆☆☆
200822.0456 of 4784.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20076.5420 of 4302.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200612.7391 of 4186.5%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNebraska percentileRating
202442.64 of 633.3%★★★☆☆
202350.09 of 2055.0%★★★☆☆
202260.72 of 771.4%★★★★☆
202116.64 of 40.0%★★★☆☆
201942.116 of 2638.5%★★☆☆☆
201853.47 of 2065.0%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNebraska percentileRating
202324.7277 of 34920.6%★☆☆☆☆
201911.2326 of 3496.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.3315 of 3417.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNebraska percentileRating
202327.4253 of 31218.9%★☆☆☆☆
202222.1219 of 25915.4%★☆☆☆☆
20216.7256 of 2643.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201920.6259 of 29813.1%★☆☆☆☆
201829.5224 of 28120.3%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNebraska percentileRating
202314.1329 of 36610.1%★☆☆☆☆
202213.3322 of 3569.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.9336 of 3678.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201826.7281 of 34719.0%★☆☆☆☆
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)
African American (2024)33rd percentile+24 vs school
Female (2023)21st percentile+11 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2023)19th percentile+9 vs school
Male (2023)10th percentile~ school
By subject vs Nebraska (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics39%-19 vs state
English Language Arts37%-22 vs state

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Students at Miller Park Elementary School are 49% African American, 28% Hispanic, 10% White, 9% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 410 students attended Miller Park Elementary School.

Students who attend Miller Park Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Mc Millan Magnet Middle School
High : North High School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Nebraska Department of Education.

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