Enrollment
306
Elementary
DISTRICT 248 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WISNER-PILGER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 310000801733
WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL
801 18TH ST, WISNER, NE 68791 · (402) 529-6465 · Cuming County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
133 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 37%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL→WISNER-PILGER HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within WISNER-PILGER PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
66.9%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
70.3%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
Source: NSCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NE schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 8 points, placing it in Nebraska's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
306
+69 (+29%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 11.6:1
% White
79%
was 87%
% Hispanic
16%
was 10%
% Black
0%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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Cuming County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,975
Census ACS
Median income
$71,104
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,520 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WISNER-PILGER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- WISNER-PILGER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 190 students
Nearby schools
- WISNER-PILGER HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 190
- PENDER HIGH SCHOOL13.6 mi · 191
- PENDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL13.6 mi · 242
- STANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL15.4 mi · 195
- STANTON HIGH SCHOOL15.7 mi · 182
- WEST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL15.9 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL?
WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL enrolls approximately 306 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL serve?
WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL is approximately 12.6:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL?
At WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 79% White, 16% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Is WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL public or private?
WISNER-PILGER ELEM SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WISNER-PILGER PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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