GRAND ISLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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INDRA HOUSE → SKILLS ACADEMY → ISLANDER ANNEX → Central Catholic Middle & High School → NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL → CAREER PATHWAYS INSTITUTE → Heartland Lutheran High School → DONIPHAN-TRUMBULL SECONDARY →📋 At a glance
- 📚 16 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 20 calculus classes · 35 physics · 32 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Top 3.7% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 92th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 83% (Bottom 31% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How GRAND ISLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL compares for families
Among the nation's most academically rigorous high schools.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor sits in the top 3.7% of US high schools with 16 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyNE students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: INDRA HOUSE, SKILLS ACADEMY, ISLANDER ANNEX and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
Top 3.7% of US high schools
✅ Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2192th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 31% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +2.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,696 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $13,511 per student in district revenue, the 293 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $3,958,723/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDRA HOUSE GRAND ISLAND |
Public | 0.1 | — | — |
| SKILLS ACADEMY GRAND ISLAND |
Public | 0.2 | — | — |
| ISLANDER ANNEX GRAND ISLAND |
Public | 0.6 | — | — |
| Central Catholic Middle & High School Grand Island |
Private | 0.8 | 273 | -3.9% |
| NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL GRAND ISLAND |
Public | 1.9 | 680 | -2.0% |
| CAREER PATHWAYS INSTITUTE GRAND ISLAND |
Public | 2.5 | — | — |
| Heartland Lutheran High School Grand Island |
Private | 4.0 | 53 | -11.7% |
| DONIPHAN-TRUMBULL SECONDARY DONIPHAN |
Public | 11.7 | 156 | +9.1% |