MORRILL EARLY LEARNING CENTER

Located at 508 JEFFERSON AVE, in MORRILL, Nebraska, MORRILL EARLY LEARNING CENTER is a very small elementary-level community that teaches 29 students (grade pre-K), part of MORRILL PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Enrollment runs roughly 89% below the state mean of about 272.

Within MORRILL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 3 schools and 267 students, MORRILL EARLY LEARNING CENTER is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MORRILL EARLY LEARNING CENTER logs that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 31% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Scotts Bluff County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Scotts Bluff County) reports that median household earnings sit near $63,614, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. MORRILL EARLY LEARNING CENTER is one of 31 public schools in Scotts Bluff County (combined enrollment of about 6,493 students).

Nearest neighbor: MORRILL ELEMENTARY, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MORRILL EARLY LEARNING CENTER has decreased 47%, going from 55 students in 2018 to 29 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 20% to 31%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

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