📍 800 Q St, Gering, Scotts Bluff County, 69341
Gering Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Gering, Scotts Bluff County. The school has 414 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gering Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 24.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. 33% of students are proficient in reading. 34% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gering Junior High School enrolls 414 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 24.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% White, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 1.9% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 276 | 67% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 119 | 29% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
220 of the school's 414 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 171 qualify for free lunch and 49 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gering Junior High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NE-30, state senate district 48.
Gering Junior High School is one of 6 schools in GERING PUBLIC SCHOOLS, based in GERING, Nebraska. The district serves 1,976 students district-wide and employs 121 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 414 students, Gering Junior High School is larger than the district average of about 329 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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