WEST HOLT HIGH SCHOOL

WEST HOLT HIGH SCHOOL is one of the low-enrollment senior highs in ATKINSON, Nebraska, operated by WEST HOLT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 208 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. That puts it 47% below the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 391 students.

WEST HOLT PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 428 students. WEST HOLT HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, WEST HOLT HIGH SCHOOL records that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder looks like 9% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Holt County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, WEST HOLT HIGH SCHOOL has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.9:1. The state averages about 10.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Holt County (around 44%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WEST HOLT HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.8%; this one delivers 70.2%.

In the area at large, Holt County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,513 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. WEST HOLT HIGH SCHOOL is one of 9 public schools in Holt County (combined enrollment of about 1,552 students).

ATKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WEST HOLT HIGH SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 64.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WEST HOLT HIGH SCHOOL has expanded 28%, going from 162 students in 2018 to 208 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 98% to 89% across the same window.

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