HARVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 506 E NORTH ST, in HARVARD, Nebraska, HARVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a micro-enrollment elementary campus that hosts 91 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under HARVARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so HARVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 67% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in HARVARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS (194 students total), HARVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, HARVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 44% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.6:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Clay County put median household income runs about $78,986, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clay County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,566 students), HARVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

HARVARD HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around HARVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

HARVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 33%: 135 students in 2018 compared to 91 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 30% to 44%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 in 2025.

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