PERSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PERSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a primary school of high-enrollment scale in LINCOLN, Nebraska, one of the schools within LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, teacheing 421 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 55% larger than the state mean of about 272.

Across the 67 schools in LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS (42,301 students total), PERSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, PERSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 56% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 26% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lancaster County shows median household earnings sit near $74,793, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PERSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 97 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 48,123 students).

LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PERSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 466 students in 2018 compared to 421 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 69% to 56% across the same window.

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