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Bluffs Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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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
27 East 23 Rd Street
Scottsbluff, NE 69361
Phone
(308) 635-6270
District
SCOTTSBLUFF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
County
SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
785
Classroom Teachers
50

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Nebraska

5

(10 is best)

Better than 47.7% of all NE schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Bluffs Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
52%
55%
46%
54%
58%
56%
52%
55%
46%
54%
58%
56%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
66%
59%
54%
53%
78%
65%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
61%
62%
56%
62%
65%
61%
61%
62%
56%
62%
65%
61%
    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
16
16
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 263 33.5%
Grade 7 266 33.9%
Grade 8 256 32.6%
Total 785 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 50.0% 49.9% 66.1%
Black 0.6% 0.8% 7.0%
Hispanic 45.9% 45.9% 22.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.9% 0.8% 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 2.6% 2.6% 1.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 63.1% 58.3% 29.9%
Free lunch eligible 52.0% 47.5% 23.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 11.1% 10.8% 6.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 18,463 1,967,923
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 81.5 26
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 6.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.0% 20.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.4% 32.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.6% 23.6%
65 OR OLDER 21.2% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,875 776,379
Single Parent Households With Children 9.3% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.5% 91.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 27.3% 33.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.3% 15.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.2% 18.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.2% 13.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.5% 17.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.3% 15.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.3% 10.9%
$15,000 or less 8.3% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,787 $27,401,000 59.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $785 $2,761,000 6.0%
Staff $399 $1,404,000 3.1%
General Administration $170 $597,000 1.3%
School Administration $767 $2,699,000 5.9%
Operation $1,122 $3,948,000 8.6%
Transportation $180 $632,000 1.4%
Other $355 $1,250,000 2.7%
Total Support $3,777 $13,291,000 29.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,476 $5,193,000 11.3%
Total Expenditures $13,039 $45,885,000 100.0%
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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