SOUTHWEST JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL

Set in BARTLEY, Nebraska, SOUTHWEST JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL is an one-room-style 9-12 campus, operated by SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It serves 83 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 79% smaller than the state mean of about 391.

SOUTHWEST JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that hosts 326 students overall.

In terms of who attends, SOUTHWEST JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL lists that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SOUTHWEST JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Red Willow County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Red Willow County put the typical household earns roughly $63,697 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Red Willow County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,671 students), SOUTHWEST JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 45%: 151 students in 2018 compared to 83 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 96% to 81% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 8.4:1 in 2018 to 7.4:1 today.

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