CRETE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

CRETE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a primary school of sprawling scale in CRETE, Nebraska, overseen by CRETE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, enrolling 455 students in grades 3 through 5. That puts it 67% above the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 272 students.

Across the 5 schools in CRETE PUBLIC SCHOOLS (2,275 students total), CRETE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, CRETE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%; the rest comes out to 34% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Saline County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Saline County's rate of about 55%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CRETE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.2%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Saline County indicate the typical household earns roughly $79,910 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Saline County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,333 students), CRETE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CRETE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CRETE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 56.6%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 15%: 394 students in 2018 compared to 455 in 2025.

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