CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the minimally staffed primary schools in CRAWFORD, Nebraska, operated by CRAWFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 87 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 68% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in CRAWFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS (166 students total), CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest reads as 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.7:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Dawes County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.6%, the actual is 54.3%, a residual of -0.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Dawes County shows median household income runs about $56,280, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 7 public schools in Dawes County (combined enrollment of about 1,073 students).

Nearest neighbor: CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 35% since 2018, when it stood at 133 (now 87). The White share of enrollment declined from 99% to 94% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 7.7:1 in 2025.

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