DAWES MIDDLE SCHOOL

DAWES MIDDLE SCHOOL, a mid-sized intermediate school in LINCOLN, Nebraska, one of the schools within LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, enrolls 395 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 42,301 students. DAWES MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, DAWES MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 21% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 10% Black, 4% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.5:1 average.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Lancaster County) shows that median household earnings sit near $74,793, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Lancaster County's 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,123 students), DAWES MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

HUNTINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. DAWES MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 22% since 2018, when it stood at 507 (now 395). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 65% to 52%.

On the community side, the feed for DAWES MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.