Elmwood-Murdock JR/SR High School
Murdock · NE · ELMWOOD-MURDOCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS · Public · K-12 combined
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WEEPING WATER HIGH SCHOOL → LOUISVILLE HIGH SCHOOL → JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL AT PALMYRA → YUTAN HIGH SCHOOL → CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL → ASHLAND-GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL → HIGH SCHOOL AT SYRACUSE → MEAD HIGH SCHOOL →At a glance
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- Gifted & talented program
- AP rigor: Bottom 44% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 35% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 90% in 2019 (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Elmwood-Murdock JR/SR High School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyNE students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: WEEPING WATER HIGH SCHOOL, LOUISVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL AT PALMYRA and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 35% 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 49% 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
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
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.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
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 +5.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 205 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $15,438 per student in district revenue, the 69 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,065,222/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEEPING WATER HIGH SCHOOL WEEPING WATER |
Public | 8.6 | 86 | -13.1% |
| LOUISVILLE HIGH SCHOOL LOUISVILLE |
Public | 8.1 | 207 | +15.6% |
| JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL AT PALMYRA PALMYRA |
Public | 16.4 | 181 | +30.2% |
| YUTAN HIGH SCHOOL YUTAN |
Public | 22.2 | 148 | -6.9% |
| CONESTOGA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL MURRAY |
Public | 15.9 | 221 | +11.6% |
| ASHLAND-GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ASHLAND |
Public | 9.5 | 322 | +5.2% |
| HIGH SCHOOL AT SYRACUSE SYRACUSE |
Public | 18.8 | 228 | +12.3% |
| MEAD HIGH SCHOOL MEAD |
Public | 23.6 | 70 | -15.7% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantElmwood-Murdock JR/SR High School is a public high school in Murdock, NE, enrolling 205 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
36 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 35% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 90% in the latest EDFacts release.
It has about 410 students per school counselor.
11% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
What is Elmwood-Murdock JR/SR High School's graduation rate? Elmwood-Murdock JR/SR High School's federal four-year graduation rate was about 90% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Elmwood-Murdock JR/SR High School? Elmwood-Murdock JR/SR High School is a public high school in Murdock, NE, enrolling 205 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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