CODY-KILGORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a rural-scale elementary-level community in KILGORE, Nebraska, CODY-KILGORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL instructs 73 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within CODY-KILGORE PUBLIC SCHS. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so CODY-KILGORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 73% smaller than that benchmark.

CODY-KILGORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by CODY-KILGORE PUBLIC SCHS, a district that caters to 152 students overall.

Looking at the student body, CODY-KILGORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 10% Native American, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Cherry County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting CODY-KILGORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CODY-KILGORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.2%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Cherry County) records that median household earnings sit near $66,270, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Cherry County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 775 students), of which CODY-KILGORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is Spring Creek Elementary - 07, roughly 13.0 miles away. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CODY-KILGORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 44.8%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. CODY-KILGORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 17% since 2018, when it stood at 88 (now 73). Hispanic enrollment moved from 13% to 3% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 9.5:1 in 2018 to 7.5:1 today.

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