ORD JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 320 N 19TH, in ORD, Nebraska, ORD JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school that teaches 239 students (grades 7 through 12), part of ORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 391 students each, so ORD JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL sits 39% smaller than that benchmark.

ORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 544 students; ORD JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, ORD JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL reports that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ORD JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting ORD JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ORD JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.5%; this one delivers 69.2%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Valley County shows median household income runs about $61,852, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. ORD JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 4 public schools in Valley County (combined enrollment of about 676 students).

ORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ORD JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 64.4%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 8%: 261 students in 2018 compared to 239 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

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