Enrollment
223
Middle
DISTRICT 264 · STATE 411
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 310492000130
CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
2815 17TH AVE, CENTRAL CITY, NE 68826 · (308) 946-3056 · Merrick County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL223 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Nebraska public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nebraska public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 14.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
79 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 37%
Community
0
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 5 | 55 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 29% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL→CENTRAL CITY HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CENTRAL CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.3%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
72.5%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 64% 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 CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 223 | 35.4% | 54.8% |
| AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL AURORA | 256 | 30.5% | 60.0% |
| MC COOK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MC COOK | 305 | 36.4% | 60.4% |
| AUBURN MIDDLE SCHOOL AUBURN | 190 | 40.5% | 61.5% |
| WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL WAHOO | 226 | 29.6% | 65.3% |
| FILLMORE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL FAIRMONT | 169 | 29.0% | 67.5% |
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 CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #63 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #23 of 108 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #54 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 223 | #87 of 143 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #13 of 88 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.0% | #86 of 88 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.4% | #48 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.9% | #15 of 32 |
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
223
0 (0%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 192
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 223 | 18.4 | 12.2:1 | 35% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 227 | 18.4 | 12.4:1 | 45% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 228 | 18.4 | 12.4:1 | 42% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 223 | 18 | 12.4:1 | 43% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 203 | 18.5 | 11.0:1 | 48% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 208 | 17 | 12.2:1 | 52% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 198 | 15 | 13.2:1 | 43% (85) |
| 2000-01 | 259 | 17 | 15.2:1 | 25% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 192 | 14 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (203 to 223); teachers down 1% (18.5 to 18.4).
About CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
At 2815 17TH AVE in CENTRAL CITY, Nebraska, CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a low-enrollment middle-grades school. It had 223 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 5 through 8. That compares with an average of about 411 students for middle schools in Nebraska.
In CENTRAL CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 3 schools enroll a combined 793 students.
A large majority of enrollment at CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is White, at 91%. The school is also 5% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among Merrick County residents, the White share is about 92%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 16%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 12.2:1, based on 18.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Nebraska average 14.5:1. Lunch program data show 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Merrick County is similar, at 34%.
Among Nebraska public middle schools, CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 9.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 54.8% actual versus 64.0% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Nebraska schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Merrick County area, the median household earns about $68,354 a year, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Merrick County with 6 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, CENTRAL CITY HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL. The five-mile area around CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL holds 2 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 60.3% proficiency; CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 54.8%.
Federal data place CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 223 in 2020-21 and 223 in 2024-25.
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Merrick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,724
Census ACS
Median income
$68,354
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CENTRAL CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- CENTRAL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 327 students
- CENTRAL CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 243 students
Other schools in CENTRAL CITY
- CENTRAL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 327 students
- CENTRAL CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 243 students
Nearby schools
- CENTRAL CITY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 243
- CENTRAL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 327
- HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.5 mi · 114
- HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL11.6 mi · 93
- PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL16.1 mi · 184
- PALMER JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH16.1 mi · 129
Frequently asked questions
About CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 223 students in grades 05-08.
Is CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 12.2:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of CENTRAL CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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