WEST KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOL

WEST KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOL is a very small high school in KEARNEY, Nebraska, one of the schools in WEST KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOL. It has an enrollment of 65 students in grades 8 through 12. On average, high schools in Nebraska enroll around 391, and this school is 83% below that mark.

WEST KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOL is its own local education agency in federal data.

The largest racial or ethnic group at WEST KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOL is Black, with 48% of students. Other groups include 25% White, 18% Hispanic, 5% Native American, and 3% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, WEST KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOL scores 67%.

On staff are 18 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 3.6:1. High schools in Nebraska have an average ratio of 10.6:1. About 95% of students at WEST KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Buffalo County average 33%.

In the surrounding county, Buffalo County, the median household earns about $75,911 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting WEST KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOL, Buffalo County has 28 public schools.

WINDY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Enrollment records show 42 in 2020-21 and 65 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (3.6:1) than in 2020-21 (2.3:1).

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