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Wakefield High School

Serves grades 7 - 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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
802 Highland
Wakefield, NE 68784
Phone
(402) 287-2012
District
WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
County
WAYNE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
212
Classroom Teachers
18

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Nebraska

6

(10 is best)

Better than 53.7% of all NE schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

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

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
49%
43%
44%
42%
53%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
38%
44%
41%
46%
35%
41%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
58%
44%
53%
46%
62%
43%
58%
44%
53%
46%
62%
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
12
12
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 35 16.5%
Grade 8 36 17.0%
Grade 9 40 18.9%
Grade 10 37 17.5%
Grade 11 31 14.6%
Grade 12 33 15.6%
Total 212 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 42.5% 40.7% 66.9%
Black 0.0% 0.0% 7.0%
Hispanic 57.5% 59.1% 21.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.0% 3.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 1.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 55.7% 54.2% 38.3%
Free lunch eligible 37.3% 40.1% 30.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 18.4% 14.1% 7.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 1,741 1,967,923
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 17.1 25
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 8.3% 6.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.2% 20.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.8% 32.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.0% 23.6%
65 OR OLDER 15.6% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 640 776,379
Single Parent Households With Children 19.2% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 76.3% 91.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 19.7% 33.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 3.4% 15.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.3% 18.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 20.3% 13.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.5% 17.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.8% 15.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 24.5% 10.9%
$15,000 or less 3.1% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,440 $4,642,000 63.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $344 $189,200 2.6%
Staff $153 $84,150 1.1%
General Administration $444 $244,200 3.3%
School Administration $604 $332,200 4.5%
Operation $882 $485,100 6.6%
Transportation $302 $166,100 2.3%
Other $660 $363,000 4.9%
Total Support $3,387 $1,862,850 25.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,522 $837,100 11.4%
Total Expenditures $13,349 $7,341,950 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,924 $2,595,760,483 53.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $618 $202,589,323 4.1%
Staff $374 $122,648,152 2.5%
General Administration $315 $103,220,614 2.1%
School Administration $654 $214,112,980 4.4%
Operation $1,197 $391,935,137 8.0%
Transportation $349 $114,340,487 2.3%
Other $657 $215,149,591 4.4%
Total Support $4,164 $1,363,999,183 27.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,865 $938,538,241 19.2%
Total Expenditures $14,954 $4,898,246,253 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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