HAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a tight-knit elementary campus in HAMPTON, Nebraska, part of HAMPTON PUBLIC SCHOOL. Current enrollment sits at 112 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 59% below the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 272 students.

Across the 2 schools in HAMPTON PUBLIC SCHOOL (183 students total), HAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic. Compared to Hamilton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 19% of students at HAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hamilton County (around 28%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, HAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Nebraska public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 69.8%; HAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 53.7%, -16.1 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Hamilton County put the typical household earns roughly $83,994 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Hamilton County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,656 students), of which HAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

HAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has rose 62%, going from 69 students in 2018 to 112 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 100% to 90% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 8.6:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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