MORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an average-sized elementary school in LEXINGTON, Nebraska, operated by LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school educates 321 students in grades pre-K through 1.

Within LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 7 schools and 3,242 students, MORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, MORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 73%; the rest comes out to 17% Black, 7% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 82% of students at MORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Dawson County's rate of about 61%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Dawson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,880 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dawson County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,509 students), of which MORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around MORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked up 7%, going from 301 students in 2018 to 321 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 12% to 7%.

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