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Best High Schools in Zip Code 68967

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The 68967 zip code is home to a single high school, Southern Valley Junior/Senior High, which serves students in grades 7-12. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 42nd out of 202 schools in 2021-2022 to 121st out of 215 schools in 2022-2023. Its SchoolDigger ratings have also varied, from a high of 4 stars out of 5 in 2021-2022 to a low of 2 stars out of 5 in the current and upcoming school years.

Academically, Southern Valley Junior/Senior High has shown mixed results. While the school's proficiency rates on the ACT and NSCAS assessments are above the state average in some areas, such as mathematics, they are below the state average in others, particularly in English Language Arts. The school's four-year graduation rate for the 2024-2025 school year is 87.9%, slightly below the state average, and its chronic absenteeism rate for the same year is 19.3%, higher than the state average.

Demographic and financial factors also play a role in the school's performance. Southern Valley Junior/Senior High has a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 51.92%, indicating a higher proportion of students from low-income families. However, the school's per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year is $32,114, significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, the school's student-teacher ratio is 9:1, lower than the state average, suggesting a relatively small class size that could be a positive factor in supporting student learning.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				NSCAS English Language Arts (2025)		NSCAS Mathematics (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	NSCAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts All Grades	NSCAS Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Southern Valley Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	43739 Hwy 89	Oxford	68967	Furnas County	Southern Valley Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 868-2222	145	17	8.4	52.4%	127 (87.6%)	1 (0.7%)	11 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)								(n/a)	55.6	65.1	74.4	$34,253	$739	$27,998

Cities Near Zip Code 68967

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Oxford	7.32 mi	2	49^th
Arapahoe	14.32 mi	2
Loomis	16.82 mi	2
Alma	17.75 mi	2	68^th
Bertrand	18.77 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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