BROKEN BOW HIGH SCHOOL

BROKEN BOW HIGH SCHOOL, an intimate secondary school in BROKEN BOW, Nebraska, operated by BROKEN BOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS, hosts 234 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 391 students each, so BROKEN BOW HIGH SCHOOL sits 40% leaner than that benchmark.

BROKEN BOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 892 students; BROKEN BOW HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, BROKEN BOW HIGH SCHOOL shows that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 12% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BROKEN BOW HIGH SCHOOL has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, Custer County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,906 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Custer County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,845 students), BROKEN BOW HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 231 students in 2018 compared to 234 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 6% to 12%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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