BROKEN BOW MIDDLE SCHOOL

BROKEN BOW MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a compact junior high in BROKEN BOW, Nebraska, run under BROKEN BOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 166 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 60% below the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 411 students.

Across the 5 schools in BROKEN BOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS (892 students total), BROKEN BOW MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, BROKEN BOW MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (81%) are White. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

Looking at school resources, BROKEN BOW MIDDLE SCHOOL lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.5:1, putting BROKEN BOW MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 39% of students at BROKEN BOW MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, BROKEN BOW MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.9%, the actual is 63.4%, a residual of +0.5 points.

Across the wider county, Custer County reports that median household earnings sit near $67,906, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BROKEN BOW MIDDLE SCHOOL has contracted 11%, going from 186 students in 2018 to 166 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 91% to 81%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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