VERDIGRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 201 SOUTH 3RD ST, in VERDIGRE, Nebraska, VERDIGRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a micro-enrollment primary school that enrolls 80 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under VERDIGRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 71% smaller than typical.

VERDIGRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 160 students; VERDIGRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, VERDIGRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school lists 8% Native American, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, VERDIGRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting VERDIGRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, VERDIGRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.2%.

In the broader community, census data for Knox County shows median household income runs about $64,636, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Knox County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,757 students), of which VERDIGRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

VERDIGRE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts VERDIGRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 62.1%.

VERDIGRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

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