Sutton Public Schools is a Class III school that is accredited by the Nebraska Department of Education. The school is a member of the Southern Nebraska Conference that includes: Centennial, David City, Fillmore Central, Thayer Central, Heartland, Milford, Sandy Creek, Superior, Sutton, Tri-County, Wilber-Clatonia, and Wymore Southern.

The District is governed by a six-member Board of Education. Each member is selected for a four year term. Board members must be residents of School District #2 and each member serves the district with no compensation for their services. The Board of Education holds a regular meeting on the third Monday of each month. Board meetings are normally held in the board room, which is located in the Superintendent’s office. All board meetings are open to the public and are advertised according to state open meeting laws. Public notice of meetings is placed in the Clay County News. Current board members are:  Ty Yost-president, Neal Schlautman-vice president, Carol Waddell-secretary, and  members  Sara Nuss, Mark Bailey, and Mike Thompson.

District Demographics

General Information

                    2007-2008 Enrollment

                    Kindergarten - 25

                    First Grade - 33

                    Second Grade - 27

                    Third Grade - 38

                    Fourth Grade - 19

                    Fifth Grade - 28

                    Sixth Grade - 23

                    K-6 Enrollment - 193

                        Seventh Grade - 34

                        Eighth Grade -  31

                        7/8 Enrollment - 65

                        Ninth Grade - 38

                        Tenth Grade - 38

                        Eleventh Grade - 25

                        Twelfth Grade - 38

                        9-12 Enrollment - 139

Total Enrollment - 397

Geographic Size - 187.6 square miles

Counties included in the school District are Clay, Hamilton, Fillmore, and York.

2006-2007 Student Information

During the 2006-2007 school year the average daily membership for grades K-12 was 392.45 students. The average daily attendance was 379.6 students for an attendance rate of 96.7%.

Graduate Information

There were 28 graduates in 2007. This is a 100%  graduation rate for the class of 2007. Of the class of 2007, 16 are attending a 2 year post-secondary school; 11 a 4 year post-secondary school;  and 1 is working. Below is a history of what graduates did the year after high school:

Test Information 2006-2007 School Year

This report presents information about the fourth, eighth, and eleventh grades’ performance on the Terra Nova Assessment. It describes achievement in terms of national Percentiles, which compare this group with other students of the same grade nationally. Percentile rank places a score in a distribution by identifying the percentage of scores that fall at or below the given score.

NATIONAL PERCENTILES

2007ACT Score Comparison

This report presents information about last years Seniors’ performance on the ACT test. It compares local and state ACT averages.

State Assessments

Writing - Students have met the state standards if they are proficient.

    Grade 4 –  85.71 % of the class were proficient or advanced.

    Grade 8 – 96.88% of the 8th grade were proficient or advanced.

    Grade 11 – 97.14% of the class were proficient or advanced.

Math - Students were assessed as to whether they are meeting the state standards in mathematics. Below you will find the percent of students that met the state standards in mathematics.

    Grade 4 - 98.21% of those students were proficient or advanced.

    Grade 8 - 90.63% were proficient or advanced

    Grade 11 – 94.86% of the class were proficient or advanced.

Reading—Students were assessed as to whether they are meeting the state standards in reading.  Below you will find the percent of students that met the state standards in reading

    Grade 4- 97.14% of the class were proficient or advanced.

    Grade 8 - 97.5% were proficient or advanced.

     Grade 11 - 96% were proficient or advanced.

Financial Information

Valuation and Tax Rates—The 2007-2008 valuation for Sutton Public Schools is $263,190,163. The total valuation for 06/07 was $261,082,176. Tax rates per hundred of valuation for the past 16  years are shown below:

The 2007-2008 budget consists of a total General Fund Budget of Expenditures of $4,314,578. Estimated receipts for the General Fund Budget of Expenditures are:

2007-2008 Estimated Receipts

During the 2006-2007 school year $3,992,624 was spent to educate the 392.45 student average membership for the year. This is a $10,173  cost per student. The 2006-2007 valuation of $261,082,176 was an average of $665,262 per student. The 2007-2008 valuation per student is $670,683 and it is estimated that $10,993 will be the cost per student.