Elementary · Nebraska

Central Elementary School

Free meals for all

Central Elementary School, a public elementary school in Kearney, Nebraska: grades pre-k–5, 284 students, 14.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Kearney Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 284
Teachers (FTE): 19.6
Students per teacher: 14.5
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 65% of elementary schools in Nebraska

Median 13.4 · 531 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 50% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 50% of elementary schools in Nebraska

Median 286 · 531 schools compared

Smaller than 76% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Distant town
Run by: Kearney Public Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Kearney Public Schools.

Location

Address: 300 W 24TH St, Kearney, NE 68845
Phone: (308)698-8040
City or town: Kearney
County: Buffalo County

Quality of life in Kearney Schools in Kearney

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Park Elementary School	Pre-K–5	257	16.8	0.5 mi
Emerson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	235	13.0	0.7 mi
Bryant Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	248	12.9	0.7 mi
Northeast Elementary School	Pre-K–5	397	13.3	1.2 mi
Kenwood Elementary School	Pre-K–5	398	15.5	1.3 mi
Windy Hills Elementary School	Pre-K–5	259	17.2	1.7 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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