NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in KEARNEY, Nebraska, part of KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 397 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 46% bigger than the state mean of about 272.

Across the 15 schools in KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (6,066 students total), NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.9%, the actual is 61.6%, a residual of -1.3 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Buffalo County put median household income runs about $75,911, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Buffalo County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,449 students), NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 65.5%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 5% since 2018, when it stood at 378 (now 397). White enrollment moved from 69% to 64% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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