MINATARE PRE-START PRE-SCHOOL

MINATARE PRE-START PRE-SCHOOL is an one-room-style elementary school in MINATARE, Nebraska, run under MINATARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school serves 13 students in grade pre-K. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so MINATARE PRE-START PRE-SCHOOL sits 95% smaller than that benchmark.

MINATARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 146 students; MINATARE PRE-START PRE-SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, MINATARE PRE-START PRE-SCHOOL lists that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 8% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, On paper, MINATARE PRE-START PRE-SCHOOL has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting MINATARE PRE-START PRE-SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 77% of students at MINATARE PRE-START PRE-SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Scotts Bluff County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Scotts Bluff County) shows 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%. MINATARE PRE-START PRE-SCHOOL is one of 31 public schools in Scotts Bluff County (combined enrollment of about 6,493 students).

Nearest neighbor: MINATARE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around MINATARE PRE-START PRE-SCHOOL.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 19%: 16 students in 2018 compared to 13 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 50% to 92%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 32.0:1 in 2018 to 26.0:1 today.

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