THEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL
THEDFORD · NE · THEDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS · Public · K-12 combined
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- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 37% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 11% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How THEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyNE students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: MULLEN HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AT DUNNING, STAPLETON HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 11% 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.
👩🏫 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.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
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 -2.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 54 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MULLEN HIGH SCHOOL MULLEN |
Public | 24.6 | 45 | — |
| HIGH SCHOOL AT DUNNING DUNNING |
Public | 26.6 | 24 | — |
| STAPLETON HIGH SCHOOL STAPLETON |
Public | 34.9 | 53 | -17.2% |
| MC PHERSON COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOL TRYON |
Public | 35.5 | 32 | — |
| ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOL ARNOLD |
Public | 43.1 | 48 | — |
| AINSWORTH HIGH SCHOOL AINSWORTH |
Public | 53.7 | 104 | -21.2% |
| ANSELMO-MERNA HIGH SCHOOL MERNA |
Public | 53.8 | 65 | -5.8% |
| CALLAWAY HIGH SCHOOL CALLAWAY |
Public | 58.4 | 52 | -20.0% |