WYNOT MIDDLE SCHOOL

WYNOT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the micro-enrollment intermediate schools in WYNOT, Nebraska, overseen by WYNOT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 40 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 411 students per school, that is 90% smaller than typical.

WYNOT PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 178 students. WYNOT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, WYNOT MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Cedar County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.5:1 average. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cedar County runs at roughly 36%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, WYNOT MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.6%; this one delivers 61.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Cedar County shows median household income runs about $73,578, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Cedar County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,215 students), WYNOT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WYNOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WYNOT MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.3%.

WYNOT MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 20%: 50 students in 2018 compared to 40 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 100% to 95%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.