DORCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 506 W 9TH, in DORCHESTER, Nebraska, DORCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL is a very small secondary school that works with 89 students (grades 7 through 12), run under DORCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL. Compared to the state average of about 391 students per school, that is 77% smaller than typical.

Across the 2 schools in DORCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL (230 students total), DORCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, DORCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 39% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Saline County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,910, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Saline County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,333 students), of which DORCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL is one.

DORCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DORCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL has ticked up 17%, going from 76 students in 2018 to 89 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 75% to 57%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 7.1:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

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