NEWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NEWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a primary school of mid-sized scale in GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska, operated by GRAND ISLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, serveing 348 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 28% bigger than the state mean of about 272.

Across the 19 schools in GRAND ISLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS (9,983 students total), NEWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, NEWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% White, 14% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 32% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting NEWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Hall County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,251 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Hall County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,203 students), NEWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

WALNUT MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NEWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. NEWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 29% since 2018, when it stood at 491 (now 348). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 56% to 30%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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