Enrollment
321
High
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 391
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONESTOGA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317420001290
CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL
8404 42ND ST, MURRAY, NE 68409 · (402) 235-2271 · Cass County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
87 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 37%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CONESTOGA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
66.7%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
68.2%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
68.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.9%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nebraska's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
321
+6 (+2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 11.9:1
% White
90%
was 91%
% Hispanic
8%
was 3%
% Black
1%
was 3%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL
Located at 8404 42ND ST, in MURRAY, Nebraska, CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL is a tight-knit secondary school that caters to 321 students (grades 7 through 12), operated by CONESTOGA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
CONESTOGA PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 697 students; CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL is among them.
Looking at the student body, CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic. Compared to Cass County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
In terms of school funding signals, CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 27% of students at CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.9%, the actual is 68.4%, a residual of +1.5 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Cass County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $91,836 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Cass County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,932 students), CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 2.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 60.3%.
CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL has held roughly steady, going from 315 students in 2018 to 321 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 3% to 8% across the same window.
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Cass County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,161
Census ACS
Median income
$91,836
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,932 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CONESTOGA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 376
- PLATTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL7.1 mi · 474
- PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL7.5 mi · 386
- PLATTSMOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.5 mi · 460
- PLATTSMOUTH EARLY CHILDHOOD8.2 mi · 159
- WEEPING WATER HIGH SCHOOL9.0 mi · 86
Frequently asked questions
About CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL?
CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 321 students in grades 07-12.
Is CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL?
CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 90% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL?
CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by CONESTOGA PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Cass County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.