PLAINVIEW SECONDARY SCHOOL

As a tiny high school in PLAINVIEW, Nebraska, PLAINVIEW SECONDARY SCHOOL educates 151 students from grades 7 through 12, run under PLAINVIEW PUBLIC SCHOOLS. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 391 students each, so PLAINVIEW SECONDARY SCHOOL sits 61% smaller than that benchmark.

Within PLAINVIEW PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 2 schools and 358 students, PLAINVIEW SECONDARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PLAINVIEW SECONDARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder is composed of 9% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PLAINVIEW SECONDARY SCHOOL lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Pierce County's rate of about 30%.

With demographic context factored in, PLAINVIEW SECONDARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.7%; this one delivers 60.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Pierce County shows median household income runs about $72,357, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pierce County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,222 students), of which PLAINVIEW SECONDARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is PLAINVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PLAINVIEW SECONDARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.6%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. PLAINVIEW SECONDARY SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 13% since 2018, when it stood at 134 (now 151). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 4% to 9%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 7.9:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

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