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Spring Lake Magnet Center

Public Grades PK, KG-5
Summary

Spring Lake Magnet Center is an elementary school located in Omaha, Nebraska, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 700 students. Despite its magnet school designation, this school within the Omaha Public Schools district has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Nebraska elementary schools, receiving a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Spring Lake Magnet Center's student performance is significantly lower than state and district averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 27% of 3rd graders, 20.35% of 4th graders, and 27.27% of 5th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to state averages of 58.91%, 58.98%, and 57.43%, respectively. The school's Mathematics proficiency rates were also well below state averages. Additionally, Spring Lake Magnet Center has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 19.2% to 40.5% in recent years, which is much higher than the state and district averages.

Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Chandler View Elementary, Avery Elementary, and Wake Robin Elementary, generally perform better than Spring Lake Magnet Center in terms of statewide ranking, student proficiency, and other key metrics, despite being part of the same Omaha Public Schools district.

744
Students ?
15.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$18,852
Per pupil spending ?
80.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 4215 S 20th St
       Omaha, NE  68107

(531) 299-2100

District: Omaha Public Schools


Students who attend Spring Lake Magnet Center usually attend:

Middle:    R M Marrs Magnet Middle School
High:    South High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
89.2%
White:
5.9%
African American:
3.0%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 10th percentile in 2014 → 1st in 2024
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Nebraska average (32% vs 58% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 9 percentile points since 2014
!English Language Arts scores 27 pts below the Nebraska average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school32%
District avg35%
Nebraska avg58%
Not ranked this year
Spring Lake Magnet Center 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
20243.4422 of 4281.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.4446 of 4592.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20221.8455 of 4570.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.3436 of 4421.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.9439 of 4522.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.1426 of 4505.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20179.1432 of 4595.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201614.4439 of 4808.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201511.9458 of 4886.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201416.5437 of 4839.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201317.9431 of 48511.1%★☆☆☆☆
201225.7397 of 48017.3%★☆☆☆☆
201127.0389 of 47317.8%★☆☆☆☆
201035.6402 of 50219.9%★☆☆☆☆
200950.8294 of 47137.6%★★☆☆☆
200855.8267 of 47844.1%★★☆☆☆
200739.2316 of 43026.5%★☆☆☆☆
200637.2316 of 41824.4%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNebraska percentileRating
202413.251 of 545.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.371 of 766.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.146 of 472.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.758 of 603.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201824.954 of 6314.3%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNebraska percentileRating
20243.8202 of 2030.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.2348 of 3490.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20211.8317 of 3180.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.5343 of 3491.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.4329 of 3413.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNebraska percentileRating
202413.149 of 537.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.5103 of 1084.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.581 of 810.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.465 of 684.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.687 of 903.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.074 of 818.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNebraska percentileRating
202415.8104 of 1127.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.3297 of 3124.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.4258 of 2590.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.2259 of 2641.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.1284 of 2984.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.1257 of 2818.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNebraska percentileRating
20246.0198 of 2032.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.4354 of 3663.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20222.5353 of 3560.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20211.6326 of 3280.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.6359 of 3672.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.4338 of 3472.6%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNebraska percentileRating
20239.7372 of 3853.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.5384 of 3911.8%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Hispanic (2024)8th percentile+6 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2024)7th percentile+6 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)6th percentile+4 vs school
White (2023)3rd percentile~ school
Male (2024)2nd percentile~ school
Female (2024)<1st percentile~ school
By subject vs Nebraska (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics32%-26 vs state
English Language Arts32%-27 vs state

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Monday, March 4, 2019

Open Quote Great school great teachers so fun when I was there I loved it with great programs etcetera-etcetera. Now that I am in middle schools I miss Spring Lake and wish I could go back. Close Quote





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Students who attend Spring Lake Magnet Center usually go on to attend:

Middle : R M Marrs Magnet Middle School
High : South High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 744 students attended Spring Lake Magnet Center.

Students at Spring Lake Magnet Center are 89% Hispanic, 6% White, 3% African American, 2% Two or more races.


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