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Enrollment
705
Middle
DISTRICT 771 · STATE 411
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317284001175
MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
2500 N 67TH ST, LINCOLN, NE 68507 · (402) 436-1216 · Lancaster County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL705 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% 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
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
315 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 37%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 244 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 236 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 225 | 32% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 57% · US 70%
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
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.7%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
54.9%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (56.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 705 | 44.7% | 56.9% |
| HARRY ANDERSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL OMAHA | 898 | 37.8% | 53.9% |
| IRVING MIDDLE SCHOOL LINCOLN | 795 | 39.6% | 54.2% |
| ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH PLATTE | 513 | 47.6% | 50.6% |
| SUNRISE MIDDLE SCHOOL KEARNEY | 536 | 38.4% | 59.7% |
| POUND MIDDLE SCHOOL LINCOLN | 731 | 34.3% | 62.9% |
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 MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #60 of 86 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #67 of 108 | #8 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #53 of 109 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 705 | #34 of 143 | #9 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #53 of 88 | #9 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #39 of 88 | #9 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.7% | #29 of 88 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #40 of 52 | #8 of 10 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
705
-29 (-4%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 617
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 705 | 47.5 | 14.8:1 | 45% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 702 | 46.4 | 15.1:1 | 49% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 694 | 48.6 | 14.3:1 | 46% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 734 | 49 | 15.0:1 | 45% (331) |
| 2017-18 | 730 | 48.4 | 15.1:1 | 48% (352) |
| 2015-16 | 724 | 49 | 14.8:1 | 39% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 765 | 52 | 14.7:1 | 42% (321) |
| 2000-01 | 800 | 58 | 13.8:1 | 21% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 617 | 40 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (730 to 705); teachers down 2% (48.4 to 47.5).
About MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Students in LINCOLN, Nebraska, attend MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, a large middle-grades school. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 705 students. The school is 72% larger than the average for middle schools in Nebraska.
LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS enrolls 42,301 students, and its 67 schools include MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
White students are 70% of those enrolled at MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Enrollment also includes 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. The school's White share is 11 points below the 81% share among Lancaster County residents. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
A staff of 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.8:1. The ratio is within a point of the 14.5:1 average for middle schools in Nebraska. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 45%. It compares with 32% for public schools in Lancaster County.
MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 42% of Nebraska public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 3.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Nebraska schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lancaster County show that the median household earns about $74,793 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Lancaster County has 97 public schools with about 48,123 students, including MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Among nearby public schools, LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL is closest at about 0.4 miles. MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.
For locale, NCES codes MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL as City: Large.
The school shrank from 734 students in 2020-21 to 705 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lancaster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
326,696
Census ACS
Median income
$74,793
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
97
48,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,110 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,086 students
- LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,982 students
- NORTH STAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,927 students
- LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,848 students
- LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,819 students
Other schools in LINCOLN
- SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,110 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,086 students
- LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,982 students
- NORTH STAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,927 students
- LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,848 students
- LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,819 students
Nearby schools
- LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,819
- INFANT TODDLER AT LINCOLN NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 3
- KAHOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 432
- PERSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 421
- BROWNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 325
- HUNTINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 705 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 70% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
MICKLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.