State/Public Prekindergarten Open

Morton Early Learning Center

1515 West 8th Street, Hastings, Adams County, 68901

278
Pupils
21.2
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Morton Early Learning Center is a State/Public serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Hastings, Adams County. The school has 278 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sara Horstmann. It is part of the Hastings Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K in a small-town setting. The school employs 13.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.

School details

Principal
Sara Horstmann
School district
Hastings Public Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Morton Early Learning Center enrolls 278 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 13.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.

Male students
144 (52%)
Female students
134 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
13.1
Student-teacher ratio
21.2:1
Grade span
Pre-K

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% White, 22% Hispanic or Latino and 3.2% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White19972%
Hispanic or Latino6122%
Two or more races93.2%
Black or African American62.2%
Asian2<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

63 of the school's 278 students (23%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 56 qualify for free lunch and 7 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Town, DistantGrades Pre-K

Morton Early Learning Center is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NE-30, state senate district 33.

School district: HASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Morton Early Learning Center is one of 8 schools in HASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, based in HASTINGS, Nebraska. The district serves 3,789 students district-wide and employs 270 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 278 students, Morton Early Learning Center is smaller than the district average of about 474 students per school.

3,789
District students
8
Schools
270
Teachers (FTE)

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Technology & Programs

Setting: Town - Distant

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