NEBRASKA CITY HIGH SCHOOL

NEBRASKA CITY HIGH SCHOOL is a secondary school of medium-sized scale in NEBRASKA CITY, Nebraska, run under NEBRASKA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, enrolling 442 students in grades 9 through 12.

NEBRASKA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,413 students; NEBRASKA CITY HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, NEBRASKA CITY HIGH SCHOOL shows that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 25% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Otoe County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, NEBRASKA CITY HIGH SCHOOL reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Otoe County's rate of about 40%.

Around the school, Otoe County reports that median household earnings sit near $82,188, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Otoe County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,543 students), NEBRASKA CITY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HAYWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

NEBRASKA CITY HIGH SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 436 students in 2018 compared to 442 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 17% to 25% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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