SARGENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 400 N 5TH ST, in SARGENT, Nebraska, SARGENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a micro-enrollment elementary campus that teaches 80 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of SARGENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 71% below typical.

SARGENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 146 students. SARGENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, SARGENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 11% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Custer County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, SARGENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting SARGENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 63% of students at SARGENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Custer County's rate of about 37%.

With demographic context factored in, SARGENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.4%, the actual is 58.1%, a residual of +3.7 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Custer County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,906 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. SARGENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 15 public schools in Custer County (combined enrollment of about 1,845 students).

Nearest neighbor: SARGENT HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, SARGENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 66.1%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 25%: 106 students in 2018 compared to 80 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 89% to 78% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 7.2:1 in 2025.

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