OGALLALA MIDDLE SCHOOL

OGALLALA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of very small scale in OGALLALA, Nebraska, run under OGALLALA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, instructing 158 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 62% below the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 411 students.

Within OGALLALA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 3 schools and 766 students, OGALLALA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, OGALLALA MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 16% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.5:1, putting OGALLALA MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Keith County) logs that median household earnings sit near $60,645, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Keith County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 965 students), OGALLALA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PRAIRIE VIEW SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

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