SHELBY - RISING CITY HIGH SCHOOL

SHELBY - RISING CITY HIGH SCHOOL, an one-room-style high school in SHELBY, Nebraska, one of the schools within SHELBY - RISING CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, works with 112 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 71% leaner than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 391 students.

Within SHELBY - RISING CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 3 schools and 403 students, SHELBY - RISING CITY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, SHELBY - RISING CITY HIGH SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). The remainder breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

Looking at school resources, SHELBY - RISING CITY HIGH SCHOOL records 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting SHELBY - RISING CITY HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Polk County put the typical household earns roughly $69,768 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Polk County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,118 students), SHELBY - RISING CITY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SHELBY - RISING CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around SHELBY - RISING CITY HIGH SCHOOL.

SHELBY - RISING CITY HIGH SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SHELBY - RISING CITY HIGH SCHOOL has edged down 13%, going from 129 students in 2018 to 112 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 90% to 82%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 in 2025.

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