Auburn Public Schools
Auburn Public Schools, District #29, is a public school district in Nemaha County, Nebraska baseded in Auburn. The school district includes the towns of Auburn, Brownville, Howe, Julian, Peru & the surrounding area in southeast Nebraska.
Auburn Public Schools operates the following schools:
- Calvert Elementary serves students in grades preschool through 5th grade
- Auburn Middle School
- Auburn High School (Auburn Middle School and Aubirn High School are located in the same building)
- The Alternative Education Center is located at the Central Office and serves students of all grades.
Auburn School Board
The Auburn School Board consists of six members who are elected by the voters of the district. Board members serve four-year staggered terms. All members are voted at large. The board sets school policies within the guidelines of state and federal law and the Nebraska State Board of Education. Board meetings are held the second Monday of each month at the Auburn Schools Central Office board room, located at 1713 J Street, Auburn, Nebraska. Meetings begin at 5:30 p.m. Special sessions are announced to the public in advance.
School administration
- Superintendent - Kevin Reiman
- Director of School Improvement - Dr. Nancy Fuller
- Director of Special Education - Amy Kroll
- 6-12 Principal - Vernon Golladay
- 6-12 Asst. Principal / Activities Director - Scott Anderson
- K-5 Principal - Sharon Pollard
Nebraska Performance Accountability System
NePAS is Nebraska's testing accountability system. NePAS was developed to report how students in each of Nebraska’s 249 school district scored on statewide reading, math, science and writing tests.
NePAS provides numerous rankings in four grade level configurations: Grades 3-5; Grades 6-8; Grades 9-12; and District (grades 3-12). Within each grade level, districts received separate rankings for each statewide test, NeSA-Reading; NeSA-Math; NeSA-Science; and NeSA-Writing. These results can be found in the Status section of NePAS. The Status section provides 15 rankings. Auburn Public Schools educators are generally pleased with district rankings and fall within the following percentages:
- Top 10% -- 2 indicators
- Top 20% -- 5 indicators
- Top 25% -- 9 indicators
- Top 33.3% -- 11 indicators
- Top 50 % -- 14 indicators[1]
When compared to schools of similar size in Nebraska, Auburn High School ranked 3rd in Writing, 5th in Science, and 10th in Reading and Math.[2] A complete listing of APS rankings can be found in the State of School Report Card on the Nebraska Department of Education web page[1]