ELWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a cozy primary school in ELWOOD, Nebraska, ELWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves 115 students from grades pre-K through 6, overseen by ELWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Enrollment runs roughly 58% smaller than the state mean of about 272.

Across the 2 schools in ELWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS (204 students total), ELWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, ELWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Gosper County) records that median household earnings sit near $77,500, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. ELWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 2 public schools in Gosper County (combined enrollment of about 204 students).

ELWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ELWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has changed only slightly, going from 116 students in 2018 to 115 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 93% to 87%.

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