WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL

WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL is a senior high of tight-knit scale in WAKEFIELD, Nebraska, operated by WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, caters to 234 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 391 students each, so WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL sits 40% below that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS (575 students total), WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL lists that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 38% White. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 10.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.5%, the actual is 64.8%, a residual of +7.3 points.

Around the school, Wayne County reports that median household income runs about $66,215, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Wayne County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,837 students), WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 60.3%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 16%: 202 students in 2018 compared to 234 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 49% to 62% across the same window.

On this page, members of the WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.