CHALK BUTTE SCHOOL

Located at 321 SI RD, in MORRILL, Nebraska, CHALK BUTTE SCHOOL is a micro-enrollment elementary school that enrolls 16 students (grades pre-K through 8), one of the schools within SIOUX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 94% below typical.

SIOUX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 78 students; CHALK BUTTE SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CHALK BUTTE SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest comes out to 13% Hispanic. By comparison, Sioux County as a whole is about 96% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Sioux County indicate the typical household earns roughly $53,929 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Sioux County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78 students), CHALK BUTTE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Elementary, around 7.9 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 60%: 10 students in 2018 compared to 16 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 100% to 88% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 4.8:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 today.

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