HARVARD MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 506 EAST NORTH STREET, in HARVARD, Nebraska, HARVARD MIDDLE SCHOOL is a micro-enrollment junior high that works with 53 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by HARVARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 411 students each, so HARVARD MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 87% smaller than that benchmark.

HARVARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 194 students; HARVARD MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, HARVARD MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 36% Hispanic. By comparison, Clay County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Clay County put median household income runs about $78,986, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clay County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,566 students), of which HARVARD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HARVARD HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 52 students in 2018 compared to 53 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 31% to 36%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 28.9:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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