BELL FIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BELL FIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-tier elementary school in FREMONT, Nebraska, run under FREMONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, caters to 282 students, covering grades pre-K through 4.

Within FREMONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 11 schools and 5,283 students, BELL FIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, BELL FIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Dodge County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting BELL FIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dodge County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Dodge County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,329 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Dodge County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,729 students), BELL FIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FREMONT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BELL FIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 9%, going from 309 students in 2018 to 282 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 84% to 63%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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