Summary:
Central City Public Schools in Nebraska has only one elementary school, Central City Elementary School, which serves grades PK-4 and has 317 students. The school has seen fluctuating performance in recent years, with a ranking of 219 out of 428 schools in 2023-2024 (2-star rating) and 179 out of 459 schools in 2022-2023 (3-star rating), before rebounding to a ranking of 75 out of 274 Nebraska elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year with a 4-star rating.
Despite the fluctuations, Central City Elementary School has demonstrated strong academic achievement, outperforming the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics for 3rd and 4th grades, with proficiency rates ranging from 64.41% to 87.5%. The school's relatively high per-student spending of $18,077 and low student-teacher ratio of 13.7 suggest that it is allocating significant resources to support its students, which may be a contributing factor to its strong academic performance.
The school's free and reduced-price lunch rate of 47.63% indicates that a significant portion of the student population comes from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, which could be a factor in the school's performance and the challenges it faces. Overall, Central City Public Schools appears to be providing a high-quality education to its students, with Central City Elementary School demonstrating strong academic achievement despite some fluctuations in its performance.
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