LINCOLN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCH

LINCOLN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCH, a mid-sized elementary school in SCOTTSBLUFF, Nebraska, operated by SCOTTSBLUFF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, enrolls 279 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within SCOTTSBLUFF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 8 schools and 3,420 students, LINCOLN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCH is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, LINCOLN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCH lists that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 45% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Native American. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

On the income-and-resources front, LINCOLN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCH reports 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Scotts Bluff County) records that median household income runs about $63,614, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Scotts Bluff County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,493 students), LINCOLN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 345 students in 2018 compared to 279 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 57% to 45%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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