ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT DWIGHT

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT DWIGHT, an one-room-style primary school in DWIGHT, Nebraska, overseen by EAST BUTLER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, works with 52 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 81% smaller than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 272 students.

Across the 3 schools in EAST BUTLER PUBLIC SCHOOLS (327 students total), ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT DWIGHT accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT DWIGHT logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (100%). By comparison, Butler County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. Roughly 21% of students at ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT DWIGHT qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Butler County runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, Butler County reports that 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 DWIGHT is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HIGH SCHOOL AT BRAINARD, around 6.8 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT DWIGHT has increased 24%, going from 42 students in 2018 to 52 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 95% to 100% across the same window.

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