Enrollment
397
Elementary
DISTRICT 292 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317239001108
NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
910 E 34TH ST, KEARNEY, NE 68847 · (308) 698-8230 · Buffalo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
153 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 37%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.5%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
66.2%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
Source: NSCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.9%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nebraska's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 397 | 38.5% | 61.6% |
| GEIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GERING | 305 | 44.3% | 63.9% |
| RAYMOND A WATSON ELEM SCHOOL HASTINGS | 336 | 45.2% | 54.9% |
| DAVID CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DAVID CITY | 315 | 35.6% | 62.1% |
| LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCOTTSBLUFF | 379 | 45.4% | 58.0% |
| WAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAYNE | 499 | 36.9% | 63.3% |
Matched among Nebraska elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Buffalo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #203 of 311 | #12 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #196 of 398 | #12 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #274 of 438 | #13 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #140 of 587 | #3 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #126 of 379 | #5 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #147 of 379 | #3 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.5% | #152 of 359 | #5 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.0% | #92 of 135 | #3 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
397
+53 (+15%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 397 | 29.8 | 13.3:1 | 39% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 29.8 | 14.1:1 | 55% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 27.2 | 14.6:1 | 47% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 344 | 25 | 13.8:1 | 51% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 24.2 | 15.6:1 | 56% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 411 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 49% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 37% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 330 | 19 | 17.4:1 | 27% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 589 | 23 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (378 to 397); teachers up 23% (24.2 to 29.8).
About NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in KEARNEY, Nebraska. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 397 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in Nebraska enroll about 272 students on average.
NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports to KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which has 15 schools and 6,066 students.
Of every 100 students at NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 64 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 87%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 51%.
There are 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.3:1. The gap from the 21.0:1 average for elementary schools in Nebraska is 7.7 students per teacher. On the income side, 39% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 62.9%.
In Buffalo County, home to about 50,579 people, median household income comes to about $75,911, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 28 public schools in the county, enrolling about 8,449, NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school's enrollment rose 15% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Buffalo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
50,579
Census ACS
Median income
$75,911
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
8,449 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,663 students
- HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 648 students
- SUNRISE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 536 students
- MEADOWLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 417 students
- KENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 398 students
- KEARNEY EDUCATION CENTERElementary · 332 students
Other schools in KEARNEY
- KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,663 students
- HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 648 students
- SUNRISE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 536 students
- MEADOWLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 417 students
- KENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 398 students
- KEARNEY EDUCATION CENTERElementary · 332 students
Other Northeast Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 17 states are named Northeast Elementary. NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 13th largest of the 25.
- NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBRENTWOOD, NY · 937 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolMeridian, MS · 730 students
- Northeast ElementaryClarksville, TN · 722 students
- Northeast ElementaryAnkeny, IA · 595 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolGlenwood, IA · 538 students
Nearby schools
- EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 235
- SUNRISE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 536
- HANNY ARRAM CENTER1.1 mi · 2
- MEADOWLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 417
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 284
- PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 257
Frequently asked questions
About NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 397 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.3:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 64% White, 27% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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