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Alumni: what's one memory from BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
754
Middle
DISTRICT 428 · STATE 411
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTTSBLUFF PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317647001581
BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL
27 EAST 23RD STREET, SCOTTSBLUFF, NE 69361 · (308) 635-6270 · Scotts Bluff County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL754 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
455 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 37%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 241 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 244 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 269 | 36% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL→SCOTTSBLUFF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SCOTTSBLUFF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.5%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
55.2%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
Source: NSCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NE schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.2%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL
BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 754 | 60.3% | 46.3% |
| FREMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL FREMONT | 689 | 65.6% | 44.9% |
| COLUMBUS MIDDLE SCHOOL COLUMBUS | 1,166 | 61.3% | 45.9% |
| NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL NORFOLK | 628 | 54.9% | 56.0% |
| NORFOLK JR HIGH SCHOOL NORFOLK | 631 | 54.5% | 47.5% |
| JOHNSON CROSSING ACADEMIC CENTER (5-6) FREMONT | 759 | 69.2% | 40.8% |
Matched among Nebraska middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #79 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #66 of 108 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #79 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 754 | #27 of 143 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #56 of 88 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.4% | #28 of 88 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.3% | #11 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #37 of 52 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
754
-48 (-6%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 699
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 17.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 754 | 50.3 | 15.0:1 | 60% (455) |
| 2023-24 | 805 | 51.3 | 15.7:1 | 63% (506) |
| 2022-23 | 785 | 50.3 | 15.6:1 | 63% (495) |
| 2020-21 | 802 | 47 | 17.1:1 | 64% (514) |
| 2017-18 | 790 | 46.3 | 17.1:1 | 62% (493) |
| 2015-16 | 765 | 43 | 17.8:1 | 62% (478) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | 42 | 14.1:1 | 53% (313) |
| 2000-01 | 655 | 51 | 12.8:1 | 40% (260) |
| 1990-91 | 699 | 45 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (790 to 754); teachers up 9% (46.3 to 50.3).
About BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL
BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a large middle-grades school based in SCOTTSBLUFF, Nebraska. It enrolled 754 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 83% higher than the average for middle schools in Nebraska, which is about 411.
SCOTTSBLUFF PUBLIC SCHOOLS is responsible for 8 schools, BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL included, with 3,420 students in all.
White students are the majority at BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 51% of enrollment. Other groups include 45% Hispanic. The county population is about 76% White. BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
At BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL, 50.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.0:1. That matches the 14.5:1 average for middle schools in Nebraska fairly closely. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 60% of enrollment.
Compared with Nebraska schools that have similar shares of low-income students, BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 8.9 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.3%; the prediction is 55.2%.
BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL is located in Scotts Bluff County, where the median household income is $63,614, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Besides BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL, Scotts Bluff County has 30 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER, about 0.1 miles away. BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.
The NCES locale for BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL is Town: Remote, which covers schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 48 fewer students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 17.1 to 15.0 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Scotts Bluff County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,843
Census ACS
Median income
$63,614
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
6,493 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SCOTTSBLUFF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- SCOTTSBLUFF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,064 students
- WESTMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 408 students
- LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 379 students
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 280 students
- LINCOLN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHElementary · 279 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTERElementary · 180 students
Other schools in SCOTTSBLUFF
- SCOTTSBLUFF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,064 students
- WESTMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 408 students
- LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 379 students
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 280 students
- LINCOLN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHElementary · 279 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTERElementary · 180 students
Nearby schools
- EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER0.1 mi · 180
- LINCOLN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCH0.3 mi · 279
- SCOTTSBLUFF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,064
- LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 379
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 280
- WESTMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 754 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 51% White, 45% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SCOTTSBLUFF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.