WILBER-CLATONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL
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Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedWhat this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 64% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
About WILBER-CLATONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL
WILBER-CLATONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, a micro-enrollment junior high in WILBER, Nebraska, overseen by WILBER-CLATONIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, enrolls 154 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 63% below the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 411 students.
Across the 3 schools in WILBER-CLATONIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (601 students total), WILBER-CLATONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, WILBER-CLATONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Native American.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. The state averages about 14.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Saline County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, WILBER-CLATONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 63.6%; this one comes in at 48.2%, -15.4 points off the demographic line.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Saline County put the typical household earns roughly $79,910 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WILBER-CLATONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 13 public schools in Saline County (combined enrollment of about 3,333 students).
Nearest neighbor: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT WILBER, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around WILBER-CLATONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILBER-CLATONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 60.9%.
WILBER-CLATONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.
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