SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in LEXINGTON, Nebraska, SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized primary school, overseen by LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It caters to 358 students across grades 2 through 3. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 32% larger than typical.

LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,242 students; SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 13% Black, 7% White. By comparison, Dawson County as a whole is about 37% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dawson County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 47.2%; this one comes in at 31.2%, -16.1 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Dawson County indicate median household income runs about $69,880, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 19 public schools in Dawson County (combined enrollment of about 5,509 students).

LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SANDOZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 15%: 312 students in 2018 compared to 358 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 69% to 79% across the same window.

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