PERKINS COUNTY JUNIOR- SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedWhat this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 63% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PERKINS COUNTY JUNIOR- SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PERKINS COUNTY JUNIOR- SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates as a close-knit secondary school in GRANT, Nebraska, part of PERKINS COUNTY SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 188 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 391 students per school, that is 52% smaller than typical.
Across the 2 schools in PERKINS COUNTY SCHOOLS (429 students total), PERKINS COUNTY JUNIOR- SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, PERKINS COUNTY JUNIOR- SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). The remainder consists of 12% Hispanic, 2% Black.
On the resource side, PERKINS COUNTY JUNIOR- SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PERKINS COUNTY JUNIOR- SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.1%; this one delivers 63.3%.
Zooming out to the county, Perkins County reports that median household income runs about $72,778, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PERKINS COUNTY JUNIOR- SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 2 public schools in Perkins County (combined enrollment of about 429 students).
PERKINS COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PERKINS COUNTY JUNIOR- SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 64.8%.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PERKINS COUNTY JUNIOR- SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has increased 20%, going from 157 students in 2018 to 188 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 7.9:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.
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