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Alumni: what's one memory from SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
416
Middle
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 411
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEWARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317656001592
SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL
2401 KAROL KAY BLVD, SEWARD, NE 68434 · (402) 643-2986 · Seward County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
79 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 37%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL→SEWARD HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SEWARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
69.6%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
80.6%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
Source: NSCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
74.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.8%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nebraska's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
416
-15 (-3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.8:1
% White
90%
was 93%
% Hispanic
7%
was 4%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL
SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL, a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in SEWARD, Nebraska, part of SEWARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, enrolls 416 students, covering grades 5 through 8.
SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by SEWARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that hosts 1,485 students overall.
Demographically, SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (90%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 7% Hispanic.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.5:1 average. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.8%; this one delivers 74.5%.
In the surrounding community, Seward County reports that median household income runs about $82,444, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Seward County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,809 students), SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
SEWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 71.0%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 431 students in 2018 compared to 416 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.
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Seward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,641
Census ACS
Median income
$82,444
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,809 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SEWARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- SEWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 558 students
- SEWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 511 students
Other schools in SEWARD
- SEWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 558 students
- SEWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 511 students
Nearby schools
- SEWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 558
- SEWARD HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 511
- MILFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.7 mi · 430
- MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL10.9 mi · 379
- ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT DWIGHT11.3 mi · 52
- MALCOLM JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL11.4 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 416 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 90% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SEWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by SEWARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Seward County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.