📍 506 W 9th, Dorchester, Saline County, 68343
Dorchester Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Dorchester, Saline County. The school has 144 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jonathon Wagner. It is part of the Dorchester Public School school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 12.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Dorchester Elementary School enrolls 144 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 59% male and 41% female. A teaching staff of 12.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 2.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 100 | 69% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 41 | 28% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 2.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
53 of the school's 144 students (37%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 48 qualify for free lunch and 5 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dorchester Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NE-30, state senate district 32.
Dorchester Elementary School is one of 2 schools in DORCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL, based in DORCHESTER, Nebraska. The district serves 230 students district-wide and employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 144 students, Dorchester Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 115 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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