BRUNING-DAVENPORT ELEM/DAVENPT

Set in DAVENPORT, Nebraska, BRUNING-DAVENPORT ELEM/DAVENPT is a tiny primary school, run under BRUNING-DAVENPORT UNIFIED SYS. It instructs 38 students across grades 2 through 4. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so BRUNING-DAVENPORT ELEM/DAVENPT sits 86% below that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in BRUNING-DAVENPORT UNIFIED SYS (187 students total), BRUNING-DAVENPORT ELEM/DAVENPT accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, BRUNING-DAVENPORT ELEM/DAVENPT records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%); the rest breaks down as 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Thayer County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, BRUNING-DAVENPORT ELEM/DAVENPT records 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. About 32% 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 demographically-adjusted basis, BRUNING-DAVENPORT ELEM/DAVENPT performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.3%, the actual is 66.0%, a residual of +0.7 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Thayer County put median household earnings sit near $66,213, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Thayer County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 880 students), of which BRUNING-DAVENPORT ELEM/DAVENPT is one.

BRUNING-DAVENPORT MIDDLE SCH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRUNING-DAVENPORT ELEM/DAVENPT at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 58.2%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. BRUNING-DAVENPORT ELEM/DAVENPT's enrollment has expanded 15% since 2018, when it stood at 33 (now 38). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 0% to 5%.

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