PLATTE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PLATTE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a low-enrollment elementary school in PLATTE CENTER, Nebraska, operated by LAKEVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, teaches 168 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so PLATTE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 38% leaner than that benchmark.

LAKEVIEW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,037 students; PLATTE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, PLATTE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 35% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PLATTE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PLATTE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 59.0%; this one delivers 72.4%, a residual of +13.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Platte County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $71,552 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Platte County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,530 students), of which PLATTE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

LAKEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.3 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PLATTE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PLATTE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has rose 22%, going from 138 students in 2018 to 168 in 2025. The White share of enrollment climbed from 57% to 64% over that span.

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