ROCK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

ROCK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL is one of the very small high schools in BASSETT, Nebraska, part of ROCK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 90 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 77% leaner than the state mean of about 391.

Within ROCK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 2 schools and 228 students, ROCK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, ROCK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL lists that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Compared to Rock County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.0:1. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Rock County put the typical household earns roughly $58,125 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. ROCK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 2 public schools in Rock County (combined enrollment of about 228 students).

Nearest neighbor: BASSETT GRADE SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 22%: 116 students in 2018 compared to 90 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 today.

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