PALMYRA MIDDLE SCHOOL

PALMYRA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the very small intermediate schools in PALMYRA, Nebraska, one of the schools within PALMYRA DISTRICT O R 1, with 158 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 62% below the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 411 students.

PALMYRA DISTRICT O R 1 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 724 students. PALMYRA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PALMYRA MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (96%) are White. The remainder reads as 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 52.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 10% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Otoe County (around 40%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, PALMYRA MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Otoe County reports that the typical household earns roughly $82,188 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Otoe County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,543 students), PALMYRA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL AT PALMYRA, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, PALMYRA MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 70.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.