TRI COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedWhat this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nebraska's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About TRI COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a moderately sized elementary-level community in DEWITT, Nebraska, TRI COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 232 students from grades pre-K through 6, overseen by TRI COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
TRI COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by TRI COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that works with 421 students overall.
Looking at the student body, TRI COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic. Compared to Jefferson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting TRI COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jefferson County (around 44%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, TRI COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.3%, the actual is 72.5%, a residual of +4.3 points.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household earnings sit near $59,044, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. TRI COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 8 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 1,683 students).
The closest other public school is TRI COUNTY JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TRI COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 54.1%.
The campus sits in an outlying setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. TRI COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 231 (now 232). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the TRI COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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