ELMWOOD-MURDOCK JR/SR HIGH SCH

ELMWOOD-MURDOCK JR/SR HIGH SCH is one of the low-enrollment secondary schools in MURDOCK, Nebraska, operated by ELMWOOD-MURDOCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 205 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 48% below the state mean of about 391.

Across the 2 schools in ELMWOOD-MURDOCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS (506 students total), ELMWOOD-MURDOCK JR/SR HIGH SCH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, ELMWOOD-MURDOCK JR/SR HIGH SCH lists that nearly all students (96%) are White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ELMWOOD-MURDOCK JR/SR HIGH SCH has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cass County (around 27%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, ELMWOOD-MURDOCK JR/SR HIGH SCH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.0%, the actual is 71.9%, a residual of -1.1 points.

Around the school, Cass County reports that the typical household earns roughly $91,836 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cass County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,932 students), ELMWOOD-MURDOCK JR/SR HIGH SCH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ELMWOOD-MURDOCK ELEM SCHOOL, roughly 5.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, ELMWOOD-MURDOCK JR/SR HIGH SCH comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 68.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ELMWOOD-MURDOCK JR/SR HIGH SCH has grew 17%, going from 175 students in 2018 to 205 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 6% to 0%.

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