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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE SCHOOL·NCES 310000402195

LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL

203 SOUTH MAIN STREET, COLERIDGE, NE 68727 · (402) 256-3133 · Cedar County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL82 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Nebraska public middle schools
  • C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nebraska public middle schools

Enrollment
82
Middle
DISTRICT 133 · STATE 411
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 14.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
30 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 37%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 63138%
Grade 72834%
Grade 82328%
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 57% · US 70%
White
7288%
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 61% · US 43%
Hispanic
34%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 23% · US 30%
Black
11%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 7% · US 15%
Two+
56%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
11%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
4757%
Female
3543%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL→LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPK–05
Based on grade levels within LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE SCHOOL. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + Advanced
English Language Arts
62.0%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
51.6%
NE avg 60.6%

What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.

Source: NSCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.6%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nebraska's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL

LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school8236.6%56.4%
CAMBRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CAMBRIDGE
7437.8%64.6%
AINSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL
AINSWORTH
10735.5%70.3%
SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL
FAIRFIELD
8042.5%N/A
BRUNING-DAVENPORT MIDDLE SCH
DAVENPORT
5131.4%51.9%
BROKEN BOW MIDDLE SCHOOL
BROKEN BOW
16638.6%63.4%
Matched among Nebraska middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Nebraska
Enrollment
ranked largest first
82#117 of 143
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
82
-57 (-41%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 86
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-25829.28.9:137% (30)
2023-2410311.39.1:137% (38)
2022-2311911.310.5:138% (45)
2020-211391112.6:140% (55)
2017-1814011.712.0:136% (51)
2015-161131110.3:139% (44)
2010-1186614.3:135% (30)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

Since 2017-18: students down 41% (140 to 82); teachers down 22% (11.7 to 9.2).

About LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Families in COLERIDGE, Nebraska, are served by LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, a small middle school. The student body numbers 82 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Nebraska) has about 411 students.

LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE SCHOOL counts 400 students in its 3 schools, and LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.

Federal enrollment data show LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 88% White. Other groups include 6% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's diversity index is 22%, against a US figure of 70%.

Teacher staffing is 9.2 full-time equivalents, or about 8.9 students per teacher. This ratio sits 5.6 below the 14.5:1 average for middle schools in Nebraska. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 37%. For comparison, public schools in Cedar County average 36%.

allk12 grades LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL a C+. The grade compares the school only with Nebraska public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.

LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 7.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (56.4% versus 63.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Nebraska.

In Cedar County (population about 8,315), the median household income is $73,578, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. There are 10 public schools in Cedar County, enrolling about 1,215 students in all.

LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located about 7.7 miles from LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. The ten-mile area around LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL holds 4 other public schools. LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in 5th of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.

The federal government classifies LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's location as Rural: Remote.

LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL reported 139 students in 2020-21 and 82 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (8.9:1) than in 2020-21 (12.6:1).

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Cedar County at a glance

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Population
8,315
Census ACS
Median income
$73,578
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
1,215 students

Quick facts

School name
LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
District
LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE SCHOOL
Address
203 SOUTH MAIN STREET, COLERIDGE, NE 68727
Phone
(402) 256-3133
County
Cedar County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
82
Teachers (FTE)
9
Student–teacher ratio
8.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
30 (37%)
Locale
43-Rural: Remote
NCES ID
310000402195
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
How many students attend LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 82 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.9:1.
What is the student diversity at LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 88% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE SCHOOL in Cedar County.
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