ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT BRAINARD

Set in BRAINARD, Nebraska, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT BRAINARD is an intimate elementary school, operated by EAST BUTLER PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It instructs 124 students across grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 54% leaner than typical.

Within EAST BUTLER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 3 schools and 327 students, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT BRAINARD is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT BRAINARD lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Beyond that, the school reports 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Butler County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT BRAINARD performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.1%, the actual is 62.3%, a residual of -4.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Butler County shows median household income runs about $79,268, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Butler County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,027 students), ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT BRAINARD is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HIGH SCHOOL AT BRAINARD, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT BRAINARD comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 62.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT BRAINARD's enrollment has expanded 6% since 2018, when it stood at 117 (now 124). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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