PONCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PONCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a tight-knit primary school in PONCA, Nebraska, run under PONCA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, instructs 128 students, covering grades 3 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 53% below the state mean of about 272.

PONCA PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 442 students; PONCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, PONCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 2% Hispanic, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PONCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 24% 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 Dixon County's rate of about 33%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PONCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Dixon County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,454, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dixon County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 557 students), of which PONCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is PONCA HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 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), PONCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.0%.

PONCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. PONCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 137 (now 128). The White share of enrollment edged up from 87% to 93% over that span.

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