PLATTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

PLATTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL, a mid-sized high school in PLATTSMOUTH, Nebraska, overseen by PLATTSMOUTH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, hosts 474 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 21% larger than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 391 students.

PLATTSMOUTH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,479 students; PLATTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, PLATTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, PLATTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL records 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. Roughly 27% of students at PLATTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, Cass County reports that median household earnings sit near $91,836, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. PLATTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL is one of 15 public schools in Cass County (combined enrollment of about 3,932 students).

PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. PLATTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 556 (now 474). White enrollment moved from 92% to 86% across the same window.

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