CREIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CREIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of intimate scale in CREIGHTON, Nebraska, operated by CREIGHTON COMMUNITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, enrolling 173 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 36% smaller than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 272 students.

Within CREIGHTON COMMUNITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 2 schools and 313 students, CREIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, CREIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (89%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 33% of students at CREIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CREIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.8%; this one delivers 65.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Knox County indicate median household earnings sit near $64,636, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CREIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 15 public schools in Knox County (combined enrollment of about 1,757 students).

The closest other public school is CREIGHTON COMMUNITY HIGH SCH, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, CREIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CREIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has grew 18%, going from 146 students in 2018 to 173 in 2025.

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