ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH

As a reasonably sized elementary school in TEKAMAH, Nebraska, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH enrolls 288 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of TEKAMAH-HERMAN COMMUNITY SCHS.

Within TEKAMAH-HERMAN COMMUNITY SCHS, which oversees 2 schools and 536 students, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. Roughly 32% of students at ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.3%; this one delivers 62.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Burt County shows median household income runs about $63,685, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Burt County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,253 students), of which ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH is one.

The closest other public school is HIGH SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH, roughly 0.0 miles away. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 69.3%.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT TEKAMAH operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 291 students in 2018 compared to 288 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 98% to 93% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.