📍 1511 5th Avenue, Kearney, Buffalo County, 68845
Kearney Education Center is a State/Public serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Kearney, Buffalo County. The school has 416 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Megan Schmidt. It is part of the Kearney Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K in a small-town setting. The school employs 11.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 37.7:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet.
Kearney Education Center enrolls 416 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 11.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 37.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% White, 9.1% Hispanic or Latino and 2.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 364 | 88% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 38 | 9.1% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 2.4% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
167 of the school's 416 students (40%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 146 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.
Kearney Education Center is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NE-30, state senate district 37.
Kearney Education Center 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 416 students, Kearney Education Center is close to the district average of about 404 students per school.
Setting: Town - Distant
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