WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in WAKEFIELD, Nebraska, run under WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, works with 341 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 25% bigger than that benchmark.

WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that works with 575 students overall.

Looking at the student body, WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 35% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

In terms of school funding signals, WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 55% of students at WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.0%, the actual is 58.1%, a residual of +1.0 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,215, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 9 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 1,837 students).

Nearest neighbor: WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 8 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), WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 61.6%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 15% since 2018, when it stood at 296 (now 341). White enrollment moved from 47% to 35% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.