SEWARD HIGH SCHOOL

SEWARD HIGH SCHOOL operates as a moderately sized 9-12 campus in SEWARD, Nebraska, part of SEWARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 511 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 31% bigger than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 391 students.

SEWARD HIGH SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by SEWARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that works with 1,485 students overall.

On demographics, SEWARD HIGH SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (92%) are White; the rest looks like 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Seward County shows the typical household earns roughly $82,444 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. SEWARD HIGH SCHOOL is one of 8 public schools in Seward County (combined enrollment of about 2,809 students).

SEWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around SEWARD HIGH SCHOOL.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SEWARD HIGH SCHOOL has held roughly steady, going from 504 students in 2018 to 511 in 2025.

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