LAWRENCE/NELSON HIGH SCH

Located at 850 S NEVADA, in NELSON, Nebraska, LAWRENCE/NELSON HIGH SCH is a rural-scale four-year high school that enrolls 68 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNIFIED 5. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 391 students each, so LAWRENCE/NELSON HIGH SCH sits 83% below that benchmark.

LAWRENCE/NELSON HIGH SCH is one of 6 schools operated by SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNIFIED 5, a district that educates 733 students overall.

In terms of who attends, LAWRENCE/NELSON HIGH SCH lists that nearly all students (94%) are White. The remainder consists of 4% Hispanic. Compared to Nuckolls County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school reports having 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting LAWRENCE/NELSON HIGH SCH tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 46% of students at LAWRENCE/NELSON HIGH SCH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Nuckolls County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Nuckolls County put the typical household earns roughly $73,976 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 2%. Across Nuckolls County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 908 students), LAWRENCE/NELSON HIGH SCH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LAWRENCE - NELSON HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around LAWRENCE/NELSON HIGH SCH.

LAWRENCE/NELSON HIGH SCH operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 6-year window. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at LAWRENCE/NELSON HIGH SCH has held roughly steady, going from 69 students in 2018 to 68 in 2024.

On the community side, the feed for LAWRENCE/NELSON HIGH SCH typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.