WHEELER CENTRAL HIGH
BARTLETT · NE · WHEELER CENTRAL SCHOOLS · Public · K-12 combined
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CHAMBERS HIGH SCHOOL → ELGIN HIGH SCHOOL → ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL → ELBA SECONDARY SCHOOL → LITCHFIELD HIGH SCHOOL → LOUP COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL → NEWMAN GROVE HIGH SCHOOL → CENTRAL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 29% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 10% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 75% (Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How WHEELER CENTRAL HIGH compares for families
What families should know about WHEELER CENTRAL HIGH.
- ▸ LocallyNE students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: CHAMBERS HIGH SCHOOL, ELGIN HIGH SCHOOL, ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 10% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $17,747/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +7.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 46 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMBERS HIGH SCHOOL CHAMBERS |
Public | 24.1 | 26 | — |
| ELGIN HIGH SCHOOL ELGIN |
Public | 25.3 | 55 | -1.8% |
| ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL ARCADIA |
Public | 43.5 | 32 | — |
| ELBA SECONDARY SCHOOL ELBA |
Public | 41.6 | 38 | — |
| LITCHFIELD HIGH SCHOOL LITCHFIELD |
Public | 59.0 | 29 | — |
| LOUP COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL TAYLOR |
Public | 43.5 | 26 | — |
| NEWMAN GROVE HIGH SCHOOL NEWMAN GROVE |
Public | 41.4 | 47 | — |
| CENTRAL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL GREELEY |
Public | 23.2 | 93 | +16.2% |