NORTH BEND CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a rural-scale intermediate school in NORTH BEND, Nebraska, NORTH BEND CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls 123 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within NORTH BEND CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHS. Compared to the state average of about 411 students per school, that is 70% leaner than typical.

NORTH BEND CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by NORTH BEND CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHS, a district that caters to 574 students overall.

Looking at the student body, NORTH BEND CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder consists of 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.5:1 average. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dodge County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTH BEND CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.9%, the actual is 68.6%, a residual of +0.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Dodge County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,329 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. NORTH BEND CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 22 public schools in Dodge County (combined enrollment of about 6,729 students).

The closest other public school is NORTH BEND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTH BEND CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 70.7%.

NORTH BEND CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTH BEND CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL has edged up 24%, going from 99 students in 2018 to 123 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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