FALLS CITY SENIOR HIGH

FALLS CITY SENIOR HIGH is one of the low-enrollment senior highs in FALLS CITY, Nebraska, operated by FALLS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 216 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 45% below the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 391 students.

FALLS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 899 students. FALLS CITY SENIOR HIGH is one of those campuses.

On demographics, FALLS CITY SENIOR HIGH logs that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 11% multiracial, 3% Native American.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Richardson County indicate median household income runs about $60,108, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. FALLS CITY SENIOR HIGH is one of 7 public schools in Richardson County (combined enrollment of about 1,217 students).

FALLS CITY SOUTH ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 245 students in 2018 compared to 216 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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