Enrollment
80
High
DISTRICT 99 · STATE 391
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STUART PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 310008201640
STUART HIGH SCHOOL
404 E 2ND, STUART, NE 68780 · (402) 924-3302 · Holt County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL80 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.2:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
38 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 37%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within STUART PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.9%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
75.0%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NE schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.7%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 9 points, placing it in Nebraska's top 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
80
+13 (+19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
was 7.7:1
% White
95%
was 99%
% Hispanic
4%
was 1%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About STUART HIGH SCHOOL
STUART HIGH SCHOOL is a high school of minimally staffed scale in STUART, Nebraska, one of the schools within STUART PUBLIC SCHOOLS, serveing 80 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 80% smaller than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 391 students.
Within STUART PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 2 schools and 197 students, STUART HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, STUART HIGH SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%); the rest looks like 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting STUART HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 48% of students at STUART HIGH SCHOOL qualify 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), STUART HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Nebraska public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 59.7%; STUART HIGH SCHOOL posts 68.5%, +8.7 points above that line.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Holt County put median household earnings sit near $68,513, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. STUART HIGH SCHOOL is one of 9 public schools in Holt County (combined enrollment of about 1,552 students).
Nearest neighbor: STUART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts STUART HIGH SCHOOL at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 65.5%.
STUART HIGH SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.
Five-year trend. STUART HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 19% since 2018, when it stood at 67 (now 80).
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Holt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,102
Census ACS
Median income
$68,513
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,552 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in STUART PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- STUART ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 117 students
Nearby schools
- STUART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 117
- WEST HOLT LITTLE PAWS PRESCHOOL9.1 mi · 31
- ATKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.1 mi · 189
- WEST HOLT HIGH SCHOOL9.1 mi · 208
- ROCK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL20.1 mi · 90
- BASSETT GRADE SCHOOL20.3 mi · 138
Frequently asked questions
About STUART HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at STUART HIGH SCHOOL?
STUART HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 80 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does STUART HIGH SCHOOL serve?
STUART HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at STUART HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at STUART HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 7.0:1 (11 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at STUART HIGH SCHOOL?
At STUART HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 95% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees STUART HIGH SCHOOL?
STUART HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by STUART PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Holt County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.