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Enrollment
506
Elementary
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADAMS CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 310277002370
ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
975 S ADAMS CENTRAL AVE, HASTINGS, NE 68901 · (402) 463-0040 · Adams County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL506 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nebraska public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
71 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 37%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (70).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→ADAMS CENTRAL JR-SR HIGH SCH
Based on grade levels within ADAMS CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.4%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
73.3%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
Source: NSCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.5%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nebraska's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (67.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 506 | 14.0% | 67.9% |
| FORT CALHOUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT CALHOUN | 460 | 15.2% | 64.0% |
| NORRIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL FIRTH | 535 | 10.3% | 68.7% |
| SQUIRE JOHN THOMAS ELEMENTARY GRETNA | 499 | 10.0% | 67.8% |
| CEDAR HOLLOW SCHOOL GRAND ISLAND | 378 | 14.0% | 69.4% |
| SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGFIELD | 400 | 15.0% | 68.7% |
Matched among Nebraska elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #121 of 311 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #87 of 398 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #103 of 438 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 506 | #45 of 587 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #216 of 379 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.2% | #341 of 379 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.0% | #324 of 359 | #7 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
506
+42 (+9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 506 | 34.2 | 14.8:1 | 14% (71) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 34.3 | 14.5:1 | 18% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 34.1 | 14.6:1 | 21% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 23% (107) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Students in HASTINGS, Nebraska, attend ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a large elementary school. The school has 506 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 6. That compares with an average of about 272 students for elementary schools in Nebraska.
ADAMS CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS oversees ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and 2 other schools, with 1,056 students in total.
White students are 91% of those enrolled at ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 7% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. A diversity index of 17% means there is a 17% chance two randomly chosen students at ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
A staff of 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.8:1. Across elementary schools in Nebraska, the average ratio is 21.0:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 14%. Among public schools in Adams County, the average eligibility rate is 42%.
Among Nebraska public elementary schools, ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
In Nebraska, ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 67.9% actual against a predicted 71.5%.
In Adams County, home to about 31,052 people, median household income comes to about $68,365, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Adams County's 18 public schools enroll about 5,228 students and include ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Among nearby public schools, ADAMS CENTRAL JR-SR HIGH SCH is closest at about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 57.0% proficiency; ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 67.9%.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment increased 9% over 4 years, reaching 506 in 2024-25.
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Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,052
Census ACS
Median income
$68,365
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
5,228 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ADAMS CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- ADAMS CENTRAL JR-SR HIGH SCHHigh · 452 students
- ADAMS CENTRAL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 98 students
Other schools in HASTINGS
- HASTINGS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 991 students
- HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 757 students
- MORTON EARLY LEARNING CENTERElementary · 501 students
- ADAMS CENTRAL JR-SR HIGH SCHHigh · 452 students
- HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 343 students
- RAYMOND A WATSON ELEM SCHOOLElementary · 336 students
Other Adams Central Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Adams Central Elementary. ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Adams Central Elementary SchoolMonroe, IN · 621 students
Nearby schools
- ADAMS CENTRAL JR-SR HIGH SCH0.3 mi · 452
- WEST HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 22
- HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 757
- ADAMS CENTRAL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER2.7 mi · 98
- HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 343
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 289
Frequently asked questions
About ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 506 students in grades PK-06.
Is ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.8:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 91% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by ADAMS CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Adams County.
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