📍 650 N Walnut, Shelby, Polk County, 68662
Shelby - Rising City Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Shelby, Polk County. The school has 212 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Heather Thompson. It is part of the Shelby - Rising City Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Shelby - Rising City Elementary School enrolls 212 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 19 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% White, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 1.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 165 | 78% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 43 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
62 of the school's 212 students (29%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 49 qualify for free lunch and 13 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.
Shelby - Rising City Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NE-10, state senate district 24.
Shelby - Rising City Elementary School is one of 3 schools in SHELBY - RISING CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, based in SHELBY, Nebraska. The district serves 403 students district-wide and employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 212 students, Shelby - Rising City Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 134 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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