Middle Schools in Wayne Community Schools

Summary:

The Wayne Community Schools district in Nebraska has only one middle school, Wayne Junior High School, which serves students in grades 7-8. The school's performance has been mixed, with strengths in English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency but room for improvement in Mathematics.

Wayne Junior High School has a SchoolDigger rating of 2 out of 5 stars, placing it in the bottom half of middle schools in Nebraska. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 144th out of 238 middle schools in 2022-2023 to 147th out of 200 in 2023-2024. In ELA, the school has performed better than the state average for both 7th and 8th grades, but has been below the state average in 8th-grade Mathematics.

The school has a student population of 161 and a relatively high rate of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 40.99% in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's per-student spending is $15,072, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.8, slightly lower than the state average. While the school has shown improvement in ELA proficiency, its Mathematics proficiency has been more inconsistent, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 19.3% in 2024-2025 is relatively high, which could be a contributing factor to the school's academic performance.

District Detail

611 W 7th St
Wayne, NE 68787-1715

(402) 375-3150

SchoolDigger Rank:
75^th of 118 Nebraska districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 1,016

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NSCAS English Language Arts (2025)			NSCAS Mathematics (2025)			NSCAS Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NSCAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts All Grades	NSCAS Mathematics 7th Grade	NSCAS Mathematics 8th Grade	NSCAS Mathematics All Grades	NSCAS Science 8th Grade	NSCAS Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Wayne Junior High School	Public	7-8	611 West 7th Street	Wayne	68787	Wayne County	Wayne Community Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 375-3150	148	10	14.3	35.1%	114 (77.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (18.2%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	3 (2.0%)	45.5	86^th of 133 public middle schools	35.3%		35	147^th of 200 public middle schools	26.5%	61	71.0	59.5	64.4	62.9	53.6	57.5	78.6	78.6	$15,072	$578	$12,126

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Educational Service Unit 01	1.17 mi	1
Wakefield Public Schools	8.28 mi	2	101^st
Winside Public Schools	8.8 mi	2
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge School	13.7 mi	3
Allen Consolidated Schools	15.41 mi	2

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Nebraska Department of Education.

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