GERING MIDDLE SCHOOL

GERING MIDDLE SCHOOL is a reasonably sized middle-grades school in GERING, Nebraska, run under GERING PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school educates 408 students in grades 6 through 8.

Across the 6 schools in GERING PUBLIC SCHOOLS (1,976 students total), GERING MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, GERING MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 28% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.5:1, putting GERING MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, GERING MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 60.0%; actual is 39.3%, a gap of -20.7 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Scotts Bluff County) reports that median household earnings sit near $63,614, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Scotts Bluff County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,493 students), GERING MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: GERING EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GERING MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GERING MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 59.8%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. GERING MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 39% since 2018, when it stood at 293 (now 408). The White share of enrollment edged up from 62% to 66% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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