HARNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HARNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the average-sized elementary-level communitys in SO SIOUX CITY, Nebraska, run under SO SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHS, with 328 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 21% larger than typical.

HARNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 8 schools operated by SO SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHS, a district that instructs 3,871 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HARNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment; the rest consists of 25% Black, 7% White, 3% Native American, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 42% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, HARNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Dakota County's rate of about 65%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HARNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.6%, the actual is 45.8%, a residual of -3.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Dakota County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,329 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dakota County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,437 students), HARNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: E N SWETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HARNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 51.0%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. HARNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 321 (now 328). The Black share of enrollment grew from 11% to 25% over that span.

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