EMERSON-HUBBARD ELEMENTARY SCH

EMERSON-HUBBARD ELEMENTARY SCH is an elementary campus of one-room-style scale in EMERSON, Nebraska, operated by EMERSON-HUBBARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, hosting 100 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so EMERSON-HUBBARD ELEMENTARY SCH sits 63% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in EMERSON-HUBBARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS (211 students total), EMERSON-HUBBARD ELEMENTARY SCH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EMERSON-HUBBARD ELEMENTARY SCH lists that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 11% Native American. By comparison, Dixon County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, EMERSON-HUBBARD ELEMENTARY SCH has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Dixon County (around 33%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EMERSON-HUBBARD ELEMENTARY SCH ranks in the top 10% of Nebraska public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 54.6%; EMERSON-HUBBARD ELEMENTARY SCH posts 63.3%, +8.7 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, Dixon County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,454 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EMERSON-HUBBARD ELEMENTARY SCH is one of 5 public schools in Dixon County (combined enrollment of about 557 students).

The closest other public school is EMERSON-HUBBARD HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around EMERSON-HUBBARD ELEMENTARY SCH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EMERSON-HUBBARD ELEMENTARY SCH at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 63.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 42%: 171 students in 2018 compared to 100 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 73% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

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