Enrollment
209
Elementary
DISTRICT 192 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEMINGFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317173001062
HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
911 NIOBRARA AVE, HEMINGFORD, NE 69348 · (308) 487-3328 · Box Butte County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL209 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nebraska public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
67 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 37%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 19% smaller than its 6th grade class (32).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→HEMINGFORD HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within HEMINGFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.6%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
69.7%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
Source: NSCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.2%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nebraska's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (66.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 209 | 32.1% | 66.6% |
| PERKINS COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCH GRANT | 241 | 31.5% | 63.7% |
| LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAUREL | 183 | 32.2% | 62.0% |
| MINDEN EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MINDEN | 239 | 29.3% | 66.2% |
| OAKLAND CRAIG ELEMENTARY OAKLAND | 237 | 35.0% | 70.9% |
| CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MC COOK | 181 | 37.0% | 65.9% |
Matched among Nebraska elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #133 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #145 of 398 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #99 of 438 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 209 | #370 of 587 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #19 of 379 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.6% | #289 of 379 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.1% | #198 of 359 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #96 of 220 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
209
-21 (-9%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 219
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 12.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 209 | 19.5 | 10.7:1 | 32% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 227 | 20.3 | 11.2:1 | 40% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 224 | 19.8 | 11.3:1 | 40% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 230 | 19 | 12.1:1 | 38% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 239 | 19.6 | 12.2:1 | 36% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 225 | 17 | 13.2:1 | 32% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 232 | 17 | 13.7:1 | 38% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 204 | 18 | 11.3:1 | 43% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 219 | 13 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (239 to 209); teachers unchanged (19.6 to 19.5).
About HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school with a street address in HEMINGFORD, Nebraska. Its enrollment is 209 students, spread over pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Nebraska average about 272 students, which makes this school 23% below average.
In HEMINGFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 2 schools enroll a combined 383 students.
White students account for 84% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 11% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among Box Butte County residents, the White share is about 82%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 29, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 10.7:1. The gap from the 21.0:1 average for elementary schools in Nebraska is 10.3 students per teacher. On the income side, 32% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 49% average for public schools in Box Butte County is 17 points higher.
HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 67% of Nebraska public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Nebraska schools: 66.6% actual against 65.2% predicted.
In Box Butte County, home to about 10,714 people, median household income comes to about $68,892, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 7 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,693, HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is HEMINGFORD HIGH SCHOOL (less than a tenth of a mile). The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 57.1%; HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 66.6%, ranking 2nd of 4.
HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 21 students, from 230 to 209. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 12.1:1 to 10.7:1.
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Box Butte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,714
Census ACS
Median income
$68,892
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,693 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in HEMINGFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- HEMINGFORD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 174 students
Nearby schools
- HEMINGFORD HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 174
- ALLIANCE HIGH SCHOOL18.1 mi · 451
- EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL18.3 mi · 237
- ALLIANCE MIDDLE SCHOOL18.3 mi · 261
- ALLIANCE EARLY CHILD ED PROG18.3 mi · 78
- GRANDVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL18.9 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 209 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 84% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
HEMINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HEMINGFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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