Enrollment
114
Elementary
DISTRICT 104 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 310012300816
HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
205 W PEARL ST, CLARKS, NE 68628 · (308) 548-2216 · Merrick County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL114 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
7.8:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.9:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
32 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 | 20 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 10 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 8 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 10 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (10) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (10).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL
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NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.4%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
65.2%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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
60.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.6%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (60.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 114 | 28.1% | 60.2% |
| ARNOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARNOLD | 121 | 25.6% | 45.6% |
| HOWELLS-DODGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL/DODGE DODGE | 127 | 29.9% | 69.0% |
| LAWRENCE - NELSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NELSON | 123 | 30.1% | N/A |
| MEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MEAD | 141 | 29.8% | N/A |
| ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT BRAINARD BRAINARD | 124 | 26.6% | 62.3% |
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 HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #216 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #205 of 398 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #252 of 438 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 114 | #480 of 587 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #226 of 359 |
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
114
-31 (-21%) vs 2020
-2% since 2000-01, when it was 116
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
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 | 114 | 14.7 | 7.8:1 | 28% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 113 | 11 | 10.3:1 | 35% (39) |
| 2022-23 | 121 | 12.7 | 9.6:1 | 31% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 145 | 12 | 12.1:1 | 47% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 76 | 7.3 | 10.4:1 | 32% (24) |
| 2015-16 | 64 | 6 | 10.7:1 | 52% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 50 | 6 | 8.3:1 | 44% (22) |
| 2000-01 | 116 | 11 | 10.6:1 | 49% (57) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 50% (76 to 114); teachers up 102% (7.3 to 14.7).
About HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school serving families in CLARKS, Nebraska. Enrollment totals 114 students across pre-K through 6. That puts enrollment 58% below the 272-student average for elementary schools in Nebraska.
Enrollment across the 2 schools in HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS totals 207 students.
At HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 87% of students are White. Smaller groups are 12% Hispanic. The diversity index for HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 23%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 14.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 7.8:1. The gap from the 21.0:1 average for elementary schools in Nebraska is 13.2 students per teacher. The school reported 28% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Nebraska public elementary schools, HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 33%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (60.2% versus 66.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Nebraska.
The school is in Merrick County, where median household income comes to about $68,354, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Merrick County counts 7 public schools with about 1,252 students.
A public school about 10.5 miles away, HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL, is the closest to HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On proficiency, HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is behind the 60.7% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 5.
HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 114, from 145 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.1:1 to 7.8:1 over the same years.
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Merrick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,724
Census ACS
Median income
$68,354
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
- HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY JR/SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 93 students
Nearby schools
- HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL10.5 mi · 93
- CENTRAL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.9 mi · 327
- CENTRAL CITY HIGH SCHOOL11.4 mi · 243
- CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL11.5 mi · 223
- FULLERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.1 mi · 154
- FULLERTON HIGH SCHOOL12.1 mi · 149
Frequently asked questions
About HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 114 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 7.8:1 (15 FTE teachers).
How diverse is HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 87% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Who oversees HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS in Merrick County.
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