ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 405 N HASKELL, in ARNOLD, Nebraska, ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOL is a micro-enrollment four-year high school that enrolls 79 students (grades 7 through 12), operated by ARNOLD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 391 students each, so ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOL sits 80% below that benchmark.

ARNOLD PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 200 students. ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOL lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 5% Hispanic, 3% Pacific Islander. Compared to Custer County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOL has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Custer County (around 37%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.1%, the actual is 63.2%, a residual of -7.9 points.

Around the school, Custer County reports that median household income runs about $67,906, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Custer County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,845 students), of which ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOL is one.

ARNOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 59.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 11%: 71 students in 2018 compared to 79 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 99% to 92%. Class-load math has grew: from 7.5:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 in 2025.

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