📍 3000 7th Ave, Kearney, Buffalo County, 68845
Park Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kearney, Buffalo County. The school has 282 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Taylor Peters. It is part of the Kearney Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 15.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1. 72% of students are proficient in reading. 67% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Park Elementary School enrolls 282 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 15.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% White, 8.2% Hispanic or Latino and 5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 236 | 84% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 23 | 8.2% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 5% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 2.1% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
100 of the school's 282 students (35%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 79 qualify for free lunch and 21 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.
Park Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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 37.
Park Elementary School is one of 15 schools in KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, based in KEARNEY, Nebraska. The district serves 6,066 students district-wide and employs 380 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 282 students, Park Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 404 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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