RED CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in RED CLOUD, Nebraska, RED CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a cozy elementary campus, overseen by RED CLOUD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. It educates 187 students across grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so RED CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 31% smaller than that benchmark.

RED CLOUD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 298 students. RED CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, RED CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, RED CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting RED CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 49% of students at RED CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Webster County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Webster County reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,347 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Webster County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 748 students), RED CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is RED CLOUD HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 19%: 157 students in 2018 compared to 187 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the RED CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.