LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 1725 13TH ST, in GERING, Nebraska, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary-level community that serves 319 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within GERING PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Within GERING PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 6 schools and 1,976 students, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment; the rest looks like 40% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

On the resource side, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. Roughly 57% of students at LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.3%.

In the broader community, Scotts Bluff County reports that median household income runs about $63,614, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Scotts Bluff County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,493 students), LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GERING EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.6%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 4%, going from 332 students in 2018 to 319 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 34% to 40% over that span.

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