CRETE MIDDLE SCHOOL

CRETE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school of mid-sized scale in CRETE, Nebraska, run under CRETE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, works with 471 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within CRETE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 5 schools and 2,275 students, CRETE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CRETE MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 31% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, CRETE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.5:1, putting CRETE MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Saline County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CRETE MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.5%, the actual is 53.6%, a residual of +0.1 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Saline County) records that median household income runs about $79,910, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Saline County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,333 students), of which CRETE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

CRETE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CRETE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.9%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CRETE MIDDLE SCHOOL has climbed 6%, going from 443 students in 2018 to 471 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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