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Southern Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 315 W 2nd St, Blue Springs, Gage County, 68318

208
Pupils
9.5
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Southern Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Blue Springs, Gage County. The school has 208 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kane Hookstra. It is part of the Southern School District 1 school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“6 in a rural setting. The school employs 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.5:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Kane Hookstra
School district
Southern School District 1

Enrollment & staffing

Southern Elementary School enrolls 208 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.

Male students
110 (53%)
Female students
98 (47%)
Teachers (FTE)
21.9
Student-teacher ratio
9.5:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“6

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% White, 4.3% Two or more races and 2.9% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White18991%
Two or more races94.3%
Black or African American62.9%
Hispanic or Latino31.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

School setting & status

Rural, DistantGrades Pre-Kโ€“6

Southern Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NE-30, state senate district 30.

School district: SOUTHERN SCHOOL DISTRICT 1

Southern Elementary School is one of 3 schools in SOUTHERN SCHOOL DISTRICT 1, based in WYMORE, Nebraska. The district serves 361 students district-wide and employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 208 students, Southern Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 120 students per school.

361
District students
3
Schools
35
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

37%
Reading proficient
27%
Math proficient
23%
Poverty rate

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

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Rural - Distant

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