BAYARD SECONDARY SCHOOL

As a tight-knit senior high in BAYARD, Nebraska, BAYARD SECONDARY SCHOOL works with 157 students from grades 7 through 12, one of the schools within BAYARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 391 students each, so BAYARD SECONDARY SCHOOL sits 60% below that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in BAYARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS (323 students total), BAYARD SECONDARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, BAYARD SECONDARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 22% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.6:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Morrill County) records that median household earnings sit near $58,500, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Morrill County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 863 students), BAYARD SECONDARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BAYARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. BAYARD SECONDARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 182 (now 157).

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