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Windy Hills Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 4211 20th Ave, Kearney, Buffalo County, 68845

259
Pupils
17.5
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Windy Hills Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kearney, Buffalo County. The school has 259 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jason Calahan. It is part of the Kearney Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 14.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1. 72% of students are proficient in reading. 67% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Jason Calahan
School district
Kearney Public Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Windy Hills Elementary School enrolls 259 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 14.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.

Male students
136 (53%)
Female students
123 (47%)
Teachers (FTE)
14.8
Student-teacher ratio
17.5:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% White, 6.9% Hispanic or Latino and 2.3% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White23390%
Hispanic or Latino186.9%
Two or more races62.3%
Asian2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

51 of the school's 259 students (20%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 34 qualify for free lunch and 17 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.

School setting & status

Town, DistantGrades Pre-Kโ€“5

Windy Hills Elementary School 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 37.

School district: KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Windy Hills 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 259 students, Windy Hills Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 404 students per school.

6,066
District students
15
Schools
380
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

72%
Reading proficient
67%
Math proficient
8%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Town - Distant

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