NORRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NORRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary campus in FIRTH, Nebraska, part of NORRIS SCHOOL DIST 160. The school caters to 512 students in grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so NORRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 88% above that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in NORRIS SCHOOL DIST 160 (2,343 students total), NORRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, NORRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, NORRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Lancaster County's rate of about 32%.

In the area at large, Lancaster County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,793 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lancaster County runs 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,123 students), of which NORRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

NORRIS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 14%: 595 students in 2018 compared to 512 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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