RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL

RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is an average-sized intermediate school in RALSTON, Nebraska, operated by RALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school works with 488 students in grades 7 through 8.

RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 8 schools operated by RALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that teaches 3,491 students overall.

On the student-mix side, RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 39% White, 8% multiracial, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 15% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. The state averages around 14.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Douglas County's rate of about 25%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 56.8%; actual is 48.5%, a gap of -8.4 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Douglas County) reports that median household earnings sit near $80,391, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Douglas County runs 207 public schools (combined enrollment of about 98,640 students), of which RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: SEYMOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 60.4%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL has edged up 4%, going from 469 students in 2018 to 488 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 52% to 39%.

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