NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools NE

Best-Resourced Schools in Scottsbluff, NE

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11 public K-12 schools in Scottsbluff from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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11
Schools
3,402
Students
53.8/100
Avg Resource Index
12.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Scottsbluff has more public-school enrollment than 34% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Scottsbluff lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

9 of Scottsbluff's 11 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 49-point gap between Roosevelt Elementary School and Early Childhood Learning Center shows the range hidden by Scottsbluff's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 66%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
94th percentile
Teacher staffing
88th percentile

Scottsbluff Senior High School accounts for 31.3% of all Scottsbluff public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Scottsbluff-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Scottsbluff school enrollment varies 266× across entities

Scottsbluff school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 1,064 students (highest), a spread of 1,060 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Scottsbluff student-teacher ratio is 12.1:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Roosevelt Elementary School 69
2. Lincoln Heights Elementary Sch 67
3. Westmoor Elementary School 62
4. Longfellow Elementary School 62
5. Early Learning Center 59
6. Meridian School 57
7. Western Nebrask Child Dev Center (Wncdc) 56
8. Bluffs Middle School 47
9. Scottsbluff Senior High School 39
10. Early Childhood Learning Center 20
11. Home Based -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Scottsbluff

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Lincoln Heights Elementary Sch 59.4/100
  2. 2 Early Childhood Learning Center 55.5/100
  3. 3 Westmoor Elementary School 54.9/100
  4. 4 Bluffs Middle School 54.3/100
  5. 5 Scottsbluff Senior High School 54.1/100

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Which Scottsbluff school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Roosevelt Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Scottsbluff schools in this federal-data comparison at 69/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Scottsbluff, NE? ▼

Scottsbluff has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,402 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.