SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL

SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a tiny junior high in FAIRFIELD, Nebraska, run under SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNIFIED 5. The school works with 97 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 76% leaner than the state mean of about 411.

Across the 6 schools in SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNIFIED 5 (733 students total), SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school lists 25% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. The state averages around 14.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 48% of students at SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Clay County's rate of about 39%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Nebraska public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 59.4%; SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 73.8%, +14.4 points above that line.

Around the school, Clay County reports that median household earnings sit near $78,986, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clay County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,566 students), SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 97 (now 97). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 5% to 25%. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2024.

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