WOOD RIVER RURAL MIDDLE SCHOOL

WOOD RIVER RURAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is an intermediate school of one-room-style scale in WOOD RIVER, Nebraska, run under WOOD RIVER RURAL SCHOOLS, serveing 98 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 76% below the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 411 students.

WOOD RIVER RURAL SCHOOLS runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 467 students. WOOD RIVER RURAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, WOOD RIVER RURAL MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment; the rest consists of 26% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Hall County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.5:1, putting WOOD RIVER RURAL MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hall County runs at roughly 23%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WOOD RIVER RURAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 59.6%; this one delivers 73.0%, a residual of +13.5 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hall County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,251 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Hall County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,203 students), WOOD RIVER RURAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WOOD RIVER RURAL HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 20%: 122 students in 2018 compared to 98 in 2025.

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