MALCOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MALCOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the average-sized elementary schools in MALCOLM, Nebraska, operated by MALCOLM PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 341 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 25% bigger than typical.

Within MALCOLM PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 2 schools and 643 students, MALCOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, MALCOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Lancaster County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, MALCOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lancaster County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MALCOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lancaster County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,793 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MALCOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 97 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 48,123 students).

MALCOLM JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, MALCOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 61.0%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 16%: 294 students in 2018 compared to 341 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the MALCOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.