CLARKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CLARKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the tiny K-5 schools in CLARKSON, Nebraska, operated by CLARKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 106 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 61% smaller than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 272 students.

CLARKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 212 students. CLARKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, CLARKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Colfax County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, CLARKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 33% 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, Colfax County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CLARKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.8%; this one delivers 59.2%.

In the surrounding community, Colfax County reports that median household income runs about $82,530, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Colfax County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,762 students), CLARKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

CLARKSON JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, CLARKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 68.1%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. CLARKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 113 (now 106).

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