HARTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HARTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary school in LINCOLN, Nebraska, overseen by LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 341 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 25% bigger than typical.

Within LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 67 schools and 42,301 students, HARTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, HARTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 27% Hispanic, 20% Black, 13% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Lancaster County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting HARTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Lancaster County) logs that median household income runs about $74,793, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lancaster County's 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,123 students), HARTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 383 students in 2018 compared to 341 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 45% to 32%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the HARTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.