MORLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MORLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in LINCOLN, Nebraska, run under LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, works with 370 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 36% larger than the state mean of about 272.

LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 42,301 students. MORLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MORLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MORLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting MORLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MORLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lancaster County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $74,793 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Lancaster County runs 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,123 students), of which MORLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MORLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MORLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 65.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 29%: 520 students in 2018 compared to 370 in 2025.

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