COVINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

COVINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of substantial scale in SO SIOUX CITY, Nebraska, run under SO SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHS, caters to 408 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 50% bigger than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 272 students.

COVINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 8 schools operated by SO SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHS, a district that enrolls 3,871 students overall.

Demographically, COVINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%. Other groups include 16% Black, 12% White, 4% Native American, 3% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 42% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Dakota County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, COVINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.2%, the actual is 55.4%, a residual of +5.2 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Dakota County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,329 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Dakota County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,437 students), COVINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

E N SWETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COVINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COVINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 49.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at COVINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has increased 13%, going from 362 students in 2018 to 408 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment grew from 10% to 16% over that span.

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