CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the reasonably sized elementary-level communitys in MURRAY, Nebraska, part of CONESTOGA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 376 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 38% bigger than that benchmark.

CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by CONESTOGA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that instructs 697 students overall.

Looking at the student body, CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Cass County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Cass County indicate the typical household earns roughly $91,836 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 15 public schools in Cass County (combined enrollment of about 3,932 students).

CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.8 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 60.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 390 students in 2018 compared to 376 in 2025.

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