ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT HALSEY

Located at 408 HWY 2, in HALSEY, Nebraska, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT HALSEY is an one-room-style elementary campus that works with 50 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of SANDHILLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 82% smaller than typical.

Across the 2 schools in SANDHILLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS (84 students total), ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT HALSEY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT HALSEY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT HALSEY has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT HALSEY tighter than the state norm the norm. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT HALSEY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.9%, the actual is 55.0%, a residual of +1.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Thomas County put the typical household earns roughly $65,000 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Thomas County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169 students), ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT HALSEY is one campus in the mix.

HIGH SCHOOL AT DUNNING is the nearest neighboring public school, about 10.1 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT HALSEY comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 57.5%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT HALSEY has ticked up 14%, going from 44 students in 2018 to 50 in 2025.

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.