STODDARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

STODDARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of modestly sized scale in BEATRICE, Nebraska, part of BEATRICE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, serveing 207 students in grades 3 through 5. That puts it 24% smaller than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 272 students.

BEATRICE PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,900 students. STODDARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, STODDARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest reads as 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 94%.

Looking at school resources, STODDARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting STODDARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Gage County (around 48%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, STODDARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.5%; this one delivers 57.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Gage County indicate median household income runs about $67,247, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. STODDARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 14 public schools in Gage County (combined enrollment of about 3,866 students).

BEATRICE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around STODDARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts STODDARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 56.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 6-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 235 students in 2018 compared to 207 in 2024. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 83% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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