The top reported proficiency rate is 0% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Ansley Elementary School
Ansley Elementary School serves students from prekindergarten through sixth grade in the village of Ansley, a small rural community in Custer County. It is a regular public school and part of the Ansley Public Schools district. Families living in or moving to the Ansley area will find this to be the elementary school option for their children.
Ansley itself is a modest village with a compact downtown along Main Street, where a diner and a bar and grill operate. The surrounding area is agricultural. The village operates its own municipal electric, water, and sewer utilities, and has civic anchors including a park and lake along Nebraska Highway 2 with fishing, camping, and playgrounds, a public swimming pool, a township library with limited hours, and a municipal auditorium. The school building is located on Cameron Street, physically separate from the downtown commercial corridor. Ansley reached its peak population in the mid-twentieth century and has generally declined or remained stable since. The housing stock is affordable, and property values have risen in recent years. The largest local industries by employment are manufacturing, health care and social assistance, and retail trade.
The student body at Ansley Elementary is predominantly white, with a small number of students identifying as Hispanic, Black, or Asian. The school's enrollment is small, which is typical for a rural village of this size. Information on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch and on students with disabilities or English learners was not available from the data provided.
State testing data for the 2024-25 school year was reported. The results show that proficiency rates in math, English language arts, and science were low across the tested grades. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand the academic program and how the school supports student learning. Because the school only serves up to sixth grade, there is no graduation rate to report. No information on programs such as gifted education, special education services, or enrichment offerings was provided, so a parent should ask the school directly about those.
The district itself did not have any recent parent-relevant changes identified in publicly available sources. The surrounding comparison of districts in Custer County was not applicable here because the cohort of schools with comparable data was too small to make a meaningful comparison.
This is a small, rural elementary school serving a village with a limited but present set of community amenities. For a family already living in or considering Ansley, this is the elementary school their child would attend. The academic performance numbers are a clear soft spot, and a parent should expect to engage with the school about instruction and student progress. The school's small scale means class sizes are likely small, and the peer environment is homogeneous. Families looking for a tight-knit rural setting with a single elementary school and a district that pulls from one small community will find that here. Those who want broader program offerings, more diversity, or higher aggregate test scores would need to look at larger districts in the region.
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