CODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 2000 W 2ND ST, in NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska, CODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a close-knit elementary school that hosts 225 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 3,751 students; CODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 66%; the rest looks like 23% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Lincoln County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, CODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lincoln County) records that median household income runs about $65,148, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Lincoln County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,190 students), CODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NORTH PLATTE HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 17%, going from 271 students in 2018 to 225 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 79% to 66% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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