HITCHCOCK CO ELEMENTARY

HITCHCOCK CO ELEMENTARY is an elementary school of modestly sized scale in CULBERTSON, Nebraska, run under HITCHCOCK CO SCH SYSTEM, educateing 161 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 41% below the state mean of about 272.

Within HITCHCOCK CO SCH SYSTEM, which oversees 2 schools and 279 students, HITCHCOCK CO ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

On demographics, HITCHCOCK CO ELEMENTARY logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Hitchcock County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, HITCHCOCK CO ELEMENTARY shows 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, HITCHCOCK CO ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.8%; this one delivers 67.1%.

Around the school, Hitchcock County reports that the typical household earns roughly $51,567 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Hitchcock County runs 2 public schools (combined enrollment of about 279 students), of which HITCHCOCK CO ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: HITCHCOCK CO JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL, around 10.5 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HITCHCOCK CO ELEMENTARY at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 63.2%.

HITCHCOCK CO ELEMENTARY operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. HITCHCOCK CO ELEMENTARY's enrollment has ticked up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 152 (now 161).

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.