ST LIBORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ST LIBORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small primary school in ST LIBORY, Nebraska, part of NORTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school enrolls 161 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 41% below the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 272 students.

NORTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,445 students; ST LIBORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ST LIBORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 23% Hispanic. By comparison, Howard County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 36% of students at ST LIBORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, ST LIBORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.3%.

Across the wider county, census data for Howard County shows median household income runs about $76,767, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 2% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ST LIBORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 7 public schools in Howard County (combined enrollment of about 1,396 students).

Nearest neighbor: 1R ELEMENTARY, around 6.4 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ST LIBORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 65.2%.

ST LIBORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 22%: 132 students in 2018 compared to 161 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 12% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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