WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL

WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL is one of the mid-tier K-5 schools in WISNER, Nebraska, run under WISNER-PILGER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 306 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

WISNER-PILGER PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 496 students. WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 79%; the rest is composed of 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 43% of students at WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Nebraska schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 61.1%; actual is 69.5%, +8.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cuming County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,104 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Cuming County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,520 students), WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

WISNER-PILGER HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 73.0%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL has edged up 29%, going from 237 students in 2018 to 306 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 87% to 79% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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