ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a middle-of-the-pack junior high in NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska, ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL teaches 513 students from grades 7 through 8, overseen by NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Enrollment runs roughly 25% above the state mean of about 411.

Across the 12 schools in NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS (3,751 students total), ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder looks like 19% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Lincoln County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Nebraska public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 59.7%; ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 50.6%, -9.1 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, Lincoln County reports that median household income runs about $65,148, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Lincoln County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,190 students), ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MCDONALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL has shrank 16%, going from 609 students in 2018 to 513 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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