LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a modestly sized primary school in NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska, one of the schools within NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 116 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 57% leaner than the state mean of about 272.

NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 3,751 students; LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder comes out to 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 16% of students at LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Lincoln County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Lincoln County put median household earnings sit near $65,148, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lincoln County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,190 students), LAKE MALONEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

OSGOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 25%: 93 students in 2018 compared to 116 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

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