📍 2702 West 11th Street, Kearney, Buffalo County, 68845
Kearney High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Kearney, Buffalo County. The school has 1,629 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jeffrey Ganz. It is part of the Kearney Public Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 90.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 49% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 91%. The school offers 8 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kearney High School enrolls 1,629 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 90.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% White, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 2.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 1,285 | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 258 | 16% |
| Black or African American | 40 | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 14 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 9 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
573 of the school's 1,629 students (35%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 462 qualify for free lunch and 111 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.
Kearney High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NE-30, state senate district 37.
Kearney High School is one of 15 schools in KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, based in KEARNEY, Nebraska. The district serves 6,066 students district-wide and employs 380 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,629 students, Kearney High School is larger than the district average of about 404 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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