MITCHELL SECONDARY SCHOOL

MITCHELL SECONDARY SCHOOL is one of the compact high schools in MITCHELL, Nebraska, one of the schools within MITCHELL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 261 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 391 students each, so MITCHELL SECONDARY SCHOOL sits 33% leaner than that benchmark.

Within MITCHELL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 3 schools and 655 students, MITCHELL SECONDARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, MITCHELL SECONDARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (81%) are White. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, MITCHELL SECONDARY SCHOOL lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Scotts Bluff County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MITCHELL SECONDARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Nebraska schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 63.5%; actual is 73.7%, +10.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Scotts Bluff County) logs that median household earnings sit near $63,614, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Scotts Bluff County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,493 students), MITCHELL SECONDARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MITCHELL SECONDARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 63.0%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MITCHELL SECONDARY SCHOOL has ticked down 13%, going from 299 students in 2018 to 261 in 2025. The White share of enrollment increased from 71% to 81% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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