SOUTHERN VALLEY JR/SR HIGH

SOUTHERN VALLEY JR/SR HIGH is one of the tiny senior highs in OXFORD, Nebraska, overseen by SOUTHERN VALLEY SCHOOLS, with 145 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 391 students per school, that is 63% below typical.

SOUTHERN VALLEY SCHOOLS runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 397 students. SOUTHERN VALLEY JR/SR HIGH is one of those campuses.

On demographics, SOUTHERN VALLEY JR/SR HIGH logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest reads as 8% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting SOUTHERN VALLEY JR/SR HIGH tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at SOUTHERN VALLEY JR/SR HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SOUTHERN VALLEY JR/SR HIGH sits in the top 10% of Nebraska schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 58.0%; actual is 73.3%, +15.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Furnas County put the typical household earns roughly $61,048 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Furnas County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,013 students), of which SOUTHERN VALLEY JR/SR HIGH is one.

SO VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTHERN VALLEY JR/SR HIGH at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 55.3%.

SOUTHERN VALLEY JR/SR HIGH operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. SOUTHERN VALLEY JR/SR HIGH's enrollment has decreased 28% since 2018, when it stood at 200 (now 145). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 today.

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