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CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located at 1520 N 29TH ST, in LINCOLN, Nebraska, CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a well-populated K-5 school that hosts 457 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 68% bigger than typical.
LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 42,301 students. CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 26% Hispanic, 22% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Lancaster County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Lancaster County indicate median household income runs about $74,793, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Lancaster County's 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,123 students), CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is HARTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 8%, going from 495 students in 2018 to 457 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 28% to 22%.
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