SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL

SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the micro-enrollment middle-grades schools in SIDNEY, Nebraska, overseen by SIDNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 152 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 411 students each, so SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 63% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in SIDNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (1,141 students total), SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 13% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.5:1, putting SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.9%, the actual is 62.9%, a residual of +1.1 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Cheyenne County) shows that median household income runs about $60,348, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 9 public schools in Cheyenne County (combined enrollment of about 1,407 students).

The closest other public school is SIDNEY HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.6%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 23%: 197 students in 2018 compared to 152 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.