ALMA ELEMENTARY AT ALMA

ALMA ELEMENTARY AT ALMA operates as a low-enrollment elementary campus in ALMA, Nebraska, run under ALMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 192 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 29% below the state mean of about 272.

ALMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 382 students. ALMA ELEMENTARY AT ALMA is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, ALMA ELEMENTARY AT ALMA records that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Harlan County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ALMA ELEMENTARY AT ALMA tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Harlan County) logs that median household income runs about $70,625, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harlan County runs 2 public schools (combined enrollment of about 382 students), of which ALMA ELEMENTARY AT ALMA is one.

Nearest neighbor: ALMA HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. On composite proficiency, ALMA ELEMENTARY AT ALMA comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 61.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 193 students in 2018 compared to 192 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 97% to 91%.

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