SUTHERLAND HIGH SCHOOL

SUTHERLAND HIGH SCHOOL is one of the rural-scale 9-12 campuss in SUTHERLAND, Nebraska, part of SUTHERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 119 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. That puts it 70% below the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 391 students.

Within SUTHERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 2 schools and 283 students, SUTHERLAND HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, SUTHERLAND HIGH SCHOOL records that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 10% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Lincoln County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting SUTHERLAND HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lincoln County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lincoln County put the typical household earns roughly $65,148 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. SUTHERLAND HIGH SCHOOL is one of 22 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 5,190 students).

Nearest neighbor: SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. SUTHERLAND HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 28% since 2018, when it stood at 165 (now 119). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 92% to 87% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 today.

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