LEFLER MIDDLE SCHOOL

LEFLER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-grades school of average-sized scale in LINCOLN, Nebraska, run under LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, teacheing 584 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 42% bigger than the state mean of about 411.

Across the 67 schools in LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS (42,301 students total), LEFLER MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, LEFLER MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 9% Black, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.5:1 average.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Lancaster County put the typical household earns roughly $74,793 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. LEFLER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 97 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 48,123 students).

HOLMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LEFLER MIDDLE SCHOOL has ticked down 6%, going from 624 students in 2018 to 584 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 59% to 51%.

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