ELKHORN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 601 S MADISON STREET, in TILDEN, Nebraska, ELKHORN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is a tight-knit senior high that caters to 190 students (grades 7 through 12), run under ELKHORN VALLEY SCHOOLS. That puts it 51% leaner than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 391 students.

Across the 2 schools in ELKHORN VALLEY SCHOOLS (442 students total), ELKHORN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, ELKHORN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL records that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Madison County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, ELKHORN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL logs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 25% of students at ELKHORN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Madison County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, ELKHORN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Madison County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,128, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Madison County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,196 students), of which ELKHORN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is one.

ELKHORN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ELKHORN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 66.3%.

ELKHORN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. ELKHORN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 38% since 2018, when it stood at 138 (now 190). The White share of enrollment grew from 82% to 88% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 9.0:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.