LOUP CITY HIGH SCHOOL

LOUP CITY HIGH SCHOOL, a minimally staffed senior high in LOUP CITY, Nebraska, operated by LOUP CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, hosts 120 students, covering grades 7 through 12. That puts it 69% below the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 391 students.

Across the 2 schools in LOUP CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (331 students total), LOUP CITY HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, LOUP CITY HIGH SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, LOUP CITY HIGH SCHOOL lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sherman County (around 52%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Around the school, Sherman County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,578, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. LOUP CITY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 4 public schools in Sherman County (combined enrollment of about 452 students).

The closest other public school is LOUP CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. LOUP CITY HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 19% since 2018, when it stood at 149 (now 120). Class-load math has fell: from 8.9:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 in 2025.

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