Enrollment
181
Middle
DISTRICT 247 · STATE 411
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST POINT PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 310000602249
WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL
1200 E WASHINGTON, WEST POINT, NE 68788 · (402) 372-5546 · Cuming County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL181 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Nebraska public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
10.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 14.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
96 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 5 | 48 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 28% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL→WEST POINT-BEEMER HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
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NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
71.1%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
65.8%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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
63.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL
WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (63.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 181 | 53.0% | 63.1% |
| MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH PLATTE | 263 | 52.5% | 50.5% |
| NEBRASKA CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL NEBRASKA CITY | 271 | 58.3% | 46.4% |
| ALLIANCE MIDDLE SCHOOL ALLIANCE | 261 | 60.5% | 49.2% |
| GERING MIDDLE SCHOOL GERING | 408 | 46.8% | 39.3% |
| OGALLALA MIDDLE SCHOOL OGALLALA | 158 | 48.1% | N/A |
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 WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #32 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #37 of 108 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #12 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 181 | #90 of 143 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.0% | #17 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #15 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
181
-15 (-8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 181 | 16.7 | 10.8:1 | 53% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 176 | 17 | 10.3:1 | 60% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 187 | 17 | 11.0:1 | 61% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 196 | 17 | 11.5:1 | 98% (193) |
| 2017-18 | 207 | 18.3 | 11.3:1 | 56% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 229 | 17 | 13.5:1 | 59% (136) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (207 to 181); teachers down 9% (18.3 to 16.7).
About WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL
WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle-grades school serving families in WEST POINT, Nebraska. Enrollment stands at 181 students, covering grades 5 through 8. The school is 56% below the average for middle schools in Nebraska.
WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL is in WEST POINT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district with 740 students across 3 schools.
More than half of the students at WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL are White (66%). Next come 32% Hispanic. That compares with about 86% White among all Cuming County residents. The diversity index for WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL is 46%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 16.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 10.8:1. The gap from the 14.5:1 average for middle schools in Nebraska is 3.7 students per teacher. On the income side, 53% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Cuming County is similar, at 51%.
On the allk12 Grade, WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at A-, ahead of 80% of Nebraska public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL would be expected to post about 57.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 63.1%.
In the wider Cuming County area, median household income comes to about $71,104, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Cuming County's 7 public schools enroll about 1,520 students and include WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL's nearest public school is WEST POINT-BEEMER HIGH SCHOOL (less than a tenth of a mile). In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 196 to 181, an 8% drop.
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Cuming County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,975
Census ACS
Median income
$71,104
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,520 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WEST POINT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- WEST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 334 students
- WEST POINT-BEEMER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 225 students
Other schools in WEST POINT
- WEST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 334 students
- WEST POINT-BEEMER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 225 students
Nearby schools
- WEST POINT-BEEMER HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 225
- WEST POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 334
- ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SCRIBNER11.9 mi · 94
- SCRIBNER-SNYDER SECONDARY SCH11.9 mi · 59
- OAKLAND CRAIG JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH11.9 mi · 185
- OAKLAND CRAIG ELEMENTARY12.0 mi · 237
Frequently asked questions
About WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 181 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
How diverse is WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 66% White, 32% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WEST POINT - BEEMER MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by WEST POINT PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Cuming County.
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