NIOBRARA SECONDARY SCHOOL

Set in NIOBRARA, Nebraska, NIOBRARA SECONDARY SCHOOL is a rural-scale secondary school, operated by NIOBRARA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It instructs 77 students across grades 7 through 12. That puts it 80% below the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 391 students.

Across the 2 schools in NIOBRARA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (211 students total), NIOBRARA SECONDARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, NIOBRARA SECONDARY SCHOOL logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Native American. The remainder consists of 40% White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.6:1 average.

In the surrounding community, census data for Knox County shows the typical household earns roughly $64,636 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Knox County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,757 students), of which NIOBRARA SECONDARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is NIOBRARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away.

NIOBRARA SECONDARY SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NIOBRARA SECONDARY SCHOOL has shrank 9%, going from 85 students in 2018 to 77 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged up from 35% to 40%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 8.0:1 in 2018 to 6.2:1 in 2025.

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