Enrollment
386
Middle
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 411
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLATTSMOUTH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 317566001524
PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL
1724 8TH AVE, PLATTSMOUTH, NE 68048 · (402) 296-3174 · Cass County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Nebraska public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nebraska public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
134 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 37%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 95 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 103 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 100 | 26% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL→PLATTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PLATTSMOUTH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.0%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
59.1%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
Source: NSCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NE schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.2%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 64% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL
PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (55.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 386 | 34.7% | 55.2% |
| MC COOK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MC COOK | 305 | 36.4% | 60.4% |
| CHADRON MIDDLE SCHOOL CHADRON | 295 | 38.0% | 63.7% |
| AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL AURORA | 256 | 30.5% | 60.0% |
| C L JONES MIDDLE SCHOOL MINDEN | 283 | 29.3% | 58.4% |
| CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CENTRAL CITY | 223 | 35.4% | 54.8% |
Matched among Nebraska middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #62 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #55 of 108 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #71 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #72 of 143 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #34 of 88 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.6% | #67 of 88 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #50 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #4 of 52 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
386
-36 (-9%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 386 | 28.4 | 13.6:1 | 35% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 29.4 | 13.0:1 | 45% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 30.4 | 13.0:1 | 43% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 33 | 12.8:1 | 39% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 472 | 37.4 | 12.6:1 | 38% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 478 | 37 | 12.9:1 | 45% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 473 | 38 | 12.4:1 | 44% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 47% (217) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 22 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (472 to 386); teachers down 24% (37.4 to 28.4).
About PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL
PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school in PLATTSMOUTH, Nebraska, according to federal school records. It reported 386 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25.
PLATTSMOUTH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS counts 1,479 students in its 4 schools, and PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
The share of students at PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL who are White is 83%. Enrollment also includes 9% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Cass County, the White share is about 91%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 31%.
The school's 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. Statewide, middle schools in Nebraska average 14.5:1. Income data for the school show 35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Cass County average 27%.
On the allk12 Grade, PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at C, ahead of 32% of Nebraska public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL would score about 64.2%. It scores 55.2%, a bottom-10% result among Nebraska schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Cass County, median household income comes to about $91,836, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. The county's public schools total 15, with about 3,932 students.
PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is PLATTSMOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Local comparison: PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th of 7 nearby schools, at 55.2% versus a 62.5% average.
The federal government classifies PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL's location as Town: Fringe.
In 2020-21, PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolled 422 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 386.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cass County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,161
Census ACS
Median income
$91,836
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,932 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PLATTSMOUTH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
- PLATTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 474 students
- PLATTSMOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 460 students
- PLATTSMOUTH EARLY CHILDHOODElementary · 159 students
Other schools in PLATTSMOUTH
- PLATTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 474 students
- PLATTSMOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 460 students
- PLATTSMOUTH EARLY CHILDHOODElementary · 159 students
Nearby schools
- PLATTSMOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 460
- PLATTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 474
- PLATTSMOUTH EARLY CHILDHOOD0.8 mi · 159
- CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.0 mi · 376
- TWO SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.2 mi · 364
- FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.2 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 386 students in grades 05-08.
Is PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 13.6:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 83% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
PLATTSMOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of PLATTSMOUTH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.