HOWELLS-DODGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL/DODGE

HOWELLS-DODGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL/DODGE is an elementary-level community of modestly sized scale in DODGE, Nebraska, operated by HOWELLS-DODGE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS, educateing 127 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 53% smaller than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 272 students.

HOWELLS-DODGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL/DODGE is one of 3 schools operated by HOWELLS-DODGE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS, a district that works with 292 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HOWELLS-DODGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL/DODGE records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). The remainder breaks down as 14% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Dodge County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting HOWELLS-DODGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL/DODGE tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Dodge County (around 58%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, HOWELLS-DODGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL/DODGE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.9%, the actual is 69.0%, a residual of +3.1 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Dodge County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,329, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. HOWELLS-DODGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL/DODGE is one of 22 public schools in Dodge County (combined enrollment of about 6,729 students).

The closest other public school is HOWELLS-DODGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL/HOWELLS, roughly 6.5 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, HOWELLS-DODGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL/DODGE comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 61.2%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. HOWELLS-DODGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL/DODGE's enrollment has expanded 123% since 2018, when it stood at 57 (now 127). White enrollment moved from 67% to 85% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 7.8:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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