DESHLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

DESHLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a tight-knit elementary school in DESHLER, Nebraska, part of DESHLER PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school serves 126 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so DESHLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 54% leaner than that benchmark.

Within DESHLER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 2 schools and 246 students, DESHLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, DESHLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (82%) are White. Other groups include 14% Hispanic. By comparison, Thayer County as a whole is about 94% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, DESHLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Thayer County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DESHLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.8%; this one delivers 53.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Thayer County) reports that median household income runs about $66,213, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Thayer County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 880 students), DESHLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

DESHLER HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DESHLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 64.2%.

DESHLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 14%: 147 students in 2018 compared to 126 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 92% to 82%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.