Enrollment
226
Middle
DISTRICT 272 · STATE 411
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAHOO PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317821001683
WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL
2201 N LOCUST, WAHOO, NE 68066 · (402) 443-3101 · Saunders County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL226 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of Nebraska public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nebraska public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
67 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 37%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 73 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 79 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 33% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL→WAHOO HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within WAHOO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.3%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
76.8%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
65.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nebraska's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL
WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (65.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 226 | 29.6% | 65.3% |
| C L JONES MIDDLE SCHOOL MINDEN | 283 | 29.3% | 58.4% |
| AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL AURORA | 256 | 30.5% | 60.0% |
| FILLMORE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL FAIRMONT | 169 | 29.0% | 67.5% |
| DOUGLAS CO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL VALLEY | 233 | 25.3% | 58.4% |
| CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CENTRAL CITY | 223 | 35.4% | 54.8% |
Matched among Nebraska middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #24 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #11 of 108 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #37 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 226 | #86 of 143 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #27 of 88 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.3% | #81 of 88 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.6% | #54 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #21 of 52 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
226
-13 (-5%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 155
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 226 | 17.1 | 13.2:1 | 30% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 242 | 16.6 | 14.6:1 | 31% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 235 | 17.1 | 13.7:1 | 35% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 239 | 16 | 14.9:1 | 30% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 253 | 15.5 | 16.4:1 | 31% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 244 | 13 | 18.8:1 | 32% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 196 | 13 | 15.1:1 | 31% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 210 | 13 | 16.1:1 | 23% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 155 | 11 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (253 to 226); teachers up 11% (15.5 to 17.1).
About WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL
Among the schools in WAHOO, Nebraska, is WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL, a small middle school. Enrollment is 226 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. Against the 411-student average for middle schools in Nebraska, enrollment here is 45% lower.
WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL belongs to WAHOO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district of 4 schools and 1,088 students.
At WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL, White students make up 89% of the student body. It is also 7% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. That is close to the 93% White share among all Saunders County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 20%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.2:1, with 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, middle schools in Nebraska average 14.5:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 30%.
allk12 grades WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with Nebraska public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 66.0% for a school in Nebraska with WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 65.3%.
Saunders County census figures show that median household income is about $94,066, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL is among the 18 public schools in Saunders County.
The shortest distance from WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to WAHOO HIGH SCHOOL. The five-mile area around WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL holds 3 other public schools. WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in 2nd of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
The student count in 2024-25 was 226, 5% below the 239 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.9 to 13.2 over 4 years.
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Saunders County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,048
Census ACS
Median income
$94,066
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
3,755 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WAHOO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- WAHOO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 475 students
- WAHOO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 341 students
- WAHOO PRE-SCHOOLElementary · 46 students
Other schools in WAHOO
- WAHOO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 475 students
- WAHOO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 341 students
- WAHOO PRE-SCHOOLElementary · 46 students
Nearby schools
- WAHOO HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 341
- WAHOO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 475
- WAHOO PRE-SCHOOL0.2 mi · 46
- MEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.0 mi · 141
- MEAD HIGH SCHOOL7.2 mi · 112
- ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT CERESCO11.5 mi · 134
Frequently asked questions
About WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 226 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WAHOO MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by WAHOO PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Saunders County.
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