HERSHEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HERSHEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in HERSHEY, Nebraska, operated by HERSHEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, caters to 300 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 2 schools in HERSHEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (539 students total), HERSHEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, HERSHEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (92%) are White; the rest consists of 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Lincoln County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting HERSHEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, HERSHEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.1%, the actual is 70.3%, a residual of +6.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lincoln County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $65,148 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Lincoln County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,190 students), of which HERSHEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HERSHEY HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HERSHEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 60.4%.

HERSHEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HERSHEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has expanded 5%, going from 286 students in 2018 to 300 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 10% to 6% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the HERSHEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.