HIGH SCHOOL AT SYRACUSE

Set in SYRACUSE, Nebraska, HIGH SCHOOL AT SYRACUSE is a compact four-year high school, one of the schools within SYRACUSE-DUNBAR-AVOCA SCHOOLS. It serves 228 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 42% smaller than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 391 students.

SYRACUSE-DUNBAR-AVOCA SCHOOLS runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 791 students. HIGH SCHOOL AT SYRACUSE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, HIGH SCHOOL AT SYRACUSE logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, HIGH SCHOOL AT SYRACUSE reports 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Otoe County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Otoe County indicate the typical household earns roughly $82,188 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Otoe County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,543 students), HIGH SCHOOL AT SYRACUSE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MIDDLE SCHOOL AT SYRACUSE, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 216 students in 2018 compared to 228 in 2025.

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