High · Nebraska

Pender High School

Pender High School, a public high school in Pender, Nebraska: grades 7–12, 191 students, 13.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Pender Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 191
Teachers (FTE): 14.2
Students per teacher: 13.5
Grades: 7–12; High

More students per teacher than 76% of high schools in Nebraska

Median 10.1 · 273 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 57% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 59% of high schools in Nebraska

Median 157 · 273 schools compared

Smaller than 70% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Nebraska's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Nebraska: 59%

77%proficient

A higher share proficient than 89% of high schools in Nebraska

Median 68% · 57 high schools compared

30 students tested, grades 7 · Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS); proficient means Levels 2-3 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Nebraska: 58%

76%proficient

A higher share proficient than 70% of high schools in Nebraska

Median 73% · 37 high schools compared

63 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS); proficient means Levels 2-3

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 7–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Area: Distant rural area
Run by: Pender Public Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Pender Public Schools.

Location

Address: 609 Whitney St, Pender, NE 68047
Phone: (402)385-3244
City or town: Pender
County: Thurston County

Quality of life in Pender Schools in Pender

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Bancroft-Rosalie Jr/Sr High SchoolFree meals for all	7–12	114	9.2	—	—	10.0 mi
Emerson-Hubbard High School	9–12	71	7.4	—	—	11.1 mi
Walthill High SchoolFree meals for all	7–12	151	10.8	—	—	11.4 mi
Wakefield High School	7–12	234	11.3	57%	57%	13.2 mi
Wisner-Pilger High School	7–12	190	9.2	65%	71%	13.6 mi
Winnebago High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	187	7.2	—	—	15.0 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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