BELLWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in BELLWOOD, Nebraska, BELLWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a tiny elementary school, operated by DAVID CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It instructs 78 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 71% smaller than typical.

DAVID CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 700 students; BELLWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, BELLWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 78%; the rest breaks down as 21% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting BELLWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Butler County runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, BELLWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.9%; this one delivers 62.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Butler County) reports that median household earnings sit near $79,268, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Butler County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,027 students), BELLWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, BELLWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.7%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. BELLWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 98 (now 78). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 96% to 78%.

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