The top reported proficiency rate is 0% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Superior Elementary School
Superior Elementary School serves children from preschool through fifth grade in the small, rural town of Superior in Nuckolls County. It is a regular public school and part of the Superior Public Schools district. The school’s student body is predominantly white, with a small Hispanic population and a handful of children identifying as Asian or two or more races. The enrollment is small for its grade band, which is a typical scale for a town of this size.
State test results for the 2024-25 school year show that no students in grades three, four, or five scored at the proficient level in math, English language arts, or science. The reported proficiency rate for every tested grade and subject is reported as zero percent. A multi-year trend series in the data appears to have a starting point showing prior proficiency in the range of half to nearly two-thirds of students, but the final point in that same series reflects the same zero-percent outcome as the current year. The drop is sharp, and the data does not explain what caused it. A parent may want to ask the school or district directly about how student performance is measured and what changed.
Because the school serves only through fifth grade, there is no graduation rate to report. Information on programming is not available in the data, so course offerings, enrichment, and support services cannot be described here.
Superior is a compact town along Highway 14 in south-central Nebraska, near the Kansas state line. Its downtown is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been maintained with a Victorian appearance; the town calls itself the “Victorian Capital of Nebraska” and holds an annual festival. The population has declined steadily for decades. Housing is very affordable, reflecting the long-term demographic trend. Key local employers include a grain elevator, the local hospital, and the railroad. Lincoln Park offers camping, a playground, and community gathering space within town, and Lovewell Lake is south of town for fishing and boating. There are no major new housing developments identified in the available records. The district itself has no publicly reported recent changes that would affect parents, such as boundary shifts or new program launches, so the school environment is described as stable in that sense.
For a family considering Superior Elementary, the primary factors are the setting and the student outcomes. This is a small, rural school in a town that has been losing population for many years, with affordable housing and a quiet, traditional downtown. The academic picture for the most recent testing year shows no students reaching the proficient bar in any tested subject. The combination of a very small student body, a single elementary school feeding into a small district, and the lack of data on programs or staffing means that anyone looking at this school should plan on having a direct conversation with the principal or superintendent to understand the current instructional approach, what supports are in place for students, and how the school is responding to the assessment results.
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