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Seward High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
532 Northern Heights
Seward, NE 68434
Phone
(402) 643-2988
District
SEWARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
County
SEWARD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
501
Classroom Teachers
39

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Nebraska

7

(10 is best)

Better than 69.5% of all NE schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Seward High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
54%
44%
52%
45%
56%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 125 25.0%
Grade 10 127 25.3%
Grade 11 121 24.2%
Grade 12 128 25.5%
Total 501 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 94.3% 94.0% 66.1%
Black 0.6% 0.4% 7.0%
Hispanic 4.5% 4.8% 22.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.4% 0.3% 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.5% 1.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 18.8% 22.1% 29.9%
Free lunch eligible 12.6% 14.8% 23.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.2% 7.4% 6.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 10,894 1,967,923
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 42.3 25
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.8% 6.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.9% 20.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.3% 32.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.6% 23.6%
65 OR OLDER 18.3% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 4,071 776,379
Single Parent Households With Children 6.7% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.4% 91.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 34.3% 33.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 16.0% 15.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 23.8% 18.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.5% 13.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.3% 17.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.3% 15.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.0% 10.9%
$15,000 or less 5.1% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,273 $12,376,000 62.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $578 $864,000 4.4%
Staff $315 $471,000 2.4%
General Administration $191 $285,000 1.4%
School Administration $676 $1,011,000 5.1%
Operation $1,079 $1,614,000 8.2%
Transportation $406 $607,000 3.1%
Other $420 $628,000 3.2%
Total Support $3,663 $5,480,000 27.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,213 $1,815,000 9.2%
Total Expenditures $13,149 $19,671,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,459 $2,785,059,000 50.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $721 $237,273,000 4.3%
Staff $424 $139,692,000 2.5%
General Administration $332 $109,312,000 2.0%
School Administration $676 $222,462,000 4.0%
Operation $1,243 $409,321,000 7.4%
Transportation $361 $118,861,000 2.2%
Other $861 $283,579,000 5.1%
Total Support $4,618 $1,520,500,000 27.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,661 $1,205,227,000 21.9%
Total Expenditures $16,738 $5,510,786,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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