MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a compact elementary-level community in DAYKIN, Nebraska, overseen by MERIDIAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school serves 114 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 58% smaller than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 272 students.

MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by MERIDIAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that hosts 219 students overall.

Looking at the student body, MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,044 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 8 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 1,683 students).

MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 115 students in 2018 compared to 114 in 2025.

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