EVELYN HAMLOW ELEMENTARY

EVELYN HAMLOW ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary campus in WAVERLY, Nebraska, one of the schools within WAVERLY SCHOOL DISTRICT 145. The school enrolls 325 students in grades pre-K through 2.

WAVERLY SCHOOL DISTRICT 145 runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,110 students. EVELYN HAMLOW ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, EVELYN HAMLOW ELEMENTARY reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 55% of enrollment; the rest looks like 43% White. The wider county runs roughly 9% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, EVELYN HAMLOW ELEMENTARY has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Lancaster County's rate of about 32%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Lancaster County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,793 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Lancaster County's 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,123 students), EVELYN HAMLOW ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WAVERLY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. EVELYN HAMLOW ELEMENTARY's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 322 (now 325). Over the same period, the White share fell from 98% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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