SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a very small 6-8 campus in FAIRFIELD, Nebraska, SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL works with 80 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by SANDY CREEK SCHOOLS. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 411 students each, so SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 81% below that benchmark.

SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by SANDY CREEK SCHOOLS, a district that instructs 484 students overall.

On demographics, SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.5:1 average. Roughly 43% of students at SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, census data for Clay County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,986 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Clay County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,566 students), SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.

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