FORT CALHOUN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL

FORT CALHOUN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL, a middle-of-the-pack high school in FORT CALHOUN, Nebraska, one of the schools within FORT CALHOUN COMMUNITY SCHS, instructs 382 students, covering grades 7 through 12.

Within FORT CALHOUN COMMUNITY SCHS, which oversees 2 schools and 842 students, FORT CALHOUN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, FORT CALHOUN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder reads as 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, FORT CALHOUN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FORT CALHOUN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.7%.

In the area at large, Washington County reports that median household income runs about $94,396, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Washington County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,728 students), of which FORT CALHOUN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is FORT CALHOUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, FORT CALHOUN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 67.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. FORT CALHOUN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 11% since 2018, when it stood at 345 (now 382).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.