EXETER-MILLIGAN ELEM-EXETER

EXETER-MILLIGAN ELEM-EXETER is one of the one-room-style K-5 schools in EXETER, Nebraska, operated by EXETER-MILLIGAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 97 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 64% smaller than the state mean of about 272.

EXETER-MILLIGAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 170 students. EXETER-MILLIGAN ELEM-EXETER is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EXETER-MILLIGAN ELEM-EXETER shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%); the rest comes out to 3% Hispanic, 2% Native American. Compared to Fillmore County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, EXETER-MILLIGAN ELEM-EXETER has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting EXETER-MILLIGAN ELEM-EXETER tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 15% of students at EXETER-MILLIGAN ELEM-EXETER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Fillmore County runs at roughly 24%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EXETER-MILLIGAN ELEM-EXETER tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.4%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Fillmore County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $76,295 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Fillmore County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 910 students), EXETER-MILLIGAN ELEM-EXETER is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: EXETER-MILLIGAN HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around EXETER-MILLIGAN ELEM-EXETER. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EXETER-MILLIGAN ELEM-EXETER ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 64.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EXETER-MILLIGAN ELEM-EXETER has climbed 62%, going from 60 students in 2018 to 97 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 100% to 95% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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