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Educational Service Unit 03

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 3 towns

Serves Bellevue, Papillion and La Vista.

Bellevue’s School Grade D better than 5% of Nebraska school districts

Students
136
Schools
8
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
87%
The gist

What stands out about Educational Service Unit 03

  • 14 students per teacher

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Bellevue. Grade by grade →

PK–616 schoolsBellevue Public Schools
7–84 middle schoolsOmaha Public Schools
9–123 high schoolsBellevue Public Schools

Test scores vs. NE

No district test scores published yet.

Graduation rate 91% at Bellevue Public Schools, which runs the high school (state 87.3%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Enrollment over time
136’20
146’21
129’22
127’23
136’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 42%Black 41%Two or more races 13%Hispanic 1%Asian 1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

Schools in the district

8 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Nebraska’s other public schools.

Esu 3 Head Start - Golden Hills
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Bellevue
39 students13:1
Esu 3 Head Start - Sccdc
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Papillion
27 students27:1
Esu 3 Head Start - Belleaire
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Bellevue
16 students16:1
Esu 3 Head Start - Fort Crook
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Bellevue
16 students16:1
Esu 3 Head Start - Parkview Heights
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Lavista
14 students14:1
Esu 3 Head Start - Bellevue West
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Bellevue
8 students
Esu 3 Head Start - Peter Sarpy
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Bellevue
8 students8:1
Esu 3 Papillion Lavista Early Childhood Center
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Papillion
8 students8:1

Left off: 1 school reporting no students for 2024–25.

Towns served

Bellevue 64,510Papillion 25,244La Vista 16,563

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Council Bluffs Community School DistrictCouncil Bluffs
$15,997per student
Lewis Central Community School DistrictCouncil Bluffs
$12,497per student
Omaha Public SchoolsOmaha
$17,744per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute).