PERKINS COUNTY JUNIOR- SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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OGALLALA HIGH SCHOOL → CHASE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL → SOUTH PLATTE HIGH SCHOOL → PAXTON HIGH SCHOOL → WALLACE HIGH SCHOOL → WAUNETA-PALISADE HIGH SCHOOL → SUTHERLAND HIGH SCHOOL → CREEK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 40% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 26% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 90% (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How PERKINS COUNTY JUNIOR- SENIOR 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: OGALLALA HIGH SCHOOL, CHASE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTH PLATTE 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 26% 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 49% 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.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $17,747/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. 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 +1.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 188 students:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OGALLALA HIGH SCHOOL OGALLALA |
Public | 19.7 | 237 | -25.9% |
| CHASE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IMPERIAL |
Public | 23.0 | 208 | +2.5% |
| SOUTH PLATTE HIGH SCHOOL BIG SPRINGS |
Public | 23.4 | 69 | -4.2% |
| PAXTON HIGH SCHOOL PAXTON |
Public | 27.2 | 75 | +15.4% |
| WALLACE HIGH SCHOOL WALLACE |
Public | 29.3 | 51 | -12.1% |
| WAUNETA-PALISADE HIGH SCHOOL WAUNETA |
Public | 34.9 | 79 | +17.9% |
| SUTHERLAND HIGH SCHOOL SUTHERLAND |
Public | 38.3 | 82 | -39.7% |
| CREEK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL CHAPPELL |
Public | 41.8 | 53 | -1.9% |