FILLMORE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL

FILLMORE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school of low-enrollment scale in FAIRMONT, Nebraska, run under FILLMORE CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHS, hosting 169 students in grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 59% leaner than the state mean of about 411.

FILLMORE CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHS comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 597 students; FILLMORE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, FILLMORE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder looks like 7% Hispanic. Compared to Fillmore County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.5:1 average. Roughly 29% of students at FILLMORE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FILLMORE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.2%; this one delivers 67.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Fillmore County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,295 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Fillmore County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 910 students), FILLMORE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: EXETER-MILLIGAN HIGH SCHOOL, around 7.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FILLMORE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 66.8%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FILLMORE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL has climbed 8%, going from 157 students in 2018 to 169 in 2025.

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