LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in HASTINGS, Nebraska, LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 305 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by HASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Across the 8 schools in HASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS (3,789 students total), LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Adams County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 58.7%; this one comes in at 49.1%, -9.6 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, census data for Adams County shows median household income runs about $68,365, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Adams County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,228 students), LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

HASTINGS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 52.2%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 23% since 2018, when it stood at 394 (now 305). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 80% to 54% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.