CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL

CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL, a very small secondary school in CRAWFORD, Nebraska, part of CRAWFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, educates 79 students, covering grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 391 students each, so CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL sits 80% leaner than that benchmark.

CRAWFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 166 students; CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (90%) are White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL records 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.1:1. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dawes County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dawes County put the typical household earns roughly $56,280 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dawes County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,073 students), CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL has shrank 16%, going from 94 students in 2018 to 79 in 2025.

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