Enrollment
174
High
DISTRICT 191 · STATE 391
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH BEND CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHS·NCES 310011500572
NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
1320 WALNUT ST, NORTH BEND, NE 68649 · (402) 652-3268 · Dodge County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL174 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Nebraska public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
37 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 37%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 48 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 47 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 43 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 36 | 21% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within NORTH BEND CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.1%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
76.5%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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
72.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (72.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL this school | 174 | 21.3% | 72.7% |
| TRI COUNTY JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL DEWITT | 189 | 23.3% | 63.0% |
| HIGH SCHOOL AT SYRACUSE SYRACUSE | 228 | 19.7% | N/A |
| JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL AT PALMYRA PALMYRA | 181 | 18.2% | 69.8% |
| CROFTON HIGH SCHOOL CROFTON | 171 | 22.2% | N/A |
| YUTAN HIGH SCHOOL YUTAN | 219 | 20.1% | 75.6% |
Matched among Nebraska high 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 NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #13 of 68 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #11 of 68 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #12 of 86 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 174 | #124 of 274 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.3% | #138 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #4 of 53 |
Ranked against other public high 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
174
-73 (-30%) vs 2020
-45% since 2000-01, when it was 314
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 174 | 16.7 | 10.4:1 | 21% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 180 | 18 | 10.0:1 | 30% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 226 | 18.4 | 12.3:1 | 28% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 247 | 19 | 13.0:1 | 30% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 232 | 20.7 | 11.2:1 | 28% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 227 | 18 | 12.6:1 | 33% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 229 | 20 | 11.4:1 | 30% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 314 | 23 | 13.7:1 | 24% (74) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (232 to 174); teachers down 19% (20.7 to 16.7).
About NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school in NORTH BEND, Nebraska, one of the schools in NORTH BEND CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHS. A federal count lists 174 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Nebraska is about 391, so this school runs 55% smaller than that.
NORTH BEND CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHS is the district for NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. It has 3 schools and 574 students.
The large majority of students at NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, 94%, are White. Next come 4% Hispanic. The county population is about 81% White. The chance that two students picked at random at NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 12%.
A ratio of 10.4:1 comes from the school's 16.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in Nebraska average about 10.6:1, a similar figure. The lunch program counts 21% of students at NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 37 points below the 58% average for public schools in Dodge County.
NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of Nebraska public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Nebraska schools: 72.7% actual against 69.0% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Dodge County, median household income is about $74,329, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 22 public schools in Dodge County, which together enroll about 6,729 students.
Of nearby public schools, NORTH BEND CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 69.3% proficiency; NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL posts 72.7%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Remote, meaning it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL had 247 students in 2020-21 and 174 in 2024-25, a 30% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.0:1 to 10.4:1.
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Dodge County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,351
Census ACS
Median income
$74,329
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
6,729 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORTH BEND CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHS
- NORTH BEND CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 277 students
- NORTH BEND CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 123 students
Other schools in NORTH BEND
- NORTH BEND CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 277 students
- NORTH BEND CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 123 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH BEND CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 123
- NORTH BEND CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 277
- CEDAR BLUFFS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.5 mi · 250
- CEDAR BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL10.5 mi · 120
- CEDAR BLUFFS HIGH SCHOOL10.5 mi · 121
- MILLIKEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCH14.1 mi · 236
Frequently asked questions
About NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL?
NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 174 students in grades 09-12.
Is NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL have?
NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
What is the student diversity at NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 94% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NORTH BEND CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHS.
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