GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a cozy elementary campus in NORFOLK, Nebraska, one of the schools within NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school teaches 194 students in grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 29% below that benchmark.

NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 4,543 students. GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 41% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Native American. By comparison, Madison County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 73% of students at GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Madison County (around 47%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.7%; this one delivers 55.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Madison County indicate median household income runs about $63,128, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Madison County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,196 students), of which GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

NORFOLK JR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 59.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 14% since 2018, when it stood at 225 (now 194). White enrollment moved from 57% to 41% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.