Amherst High School
Amherst, NE · High School · Grades 7-12
Amherst High School is a high school in Amherst, NE with 170 students enrolled and a 62% proficiency rate. Part of Amherst Public Schools. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Amherst High School is a high school located in Amherst, Nebraska. The school serves 170 students in grades 7-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.6:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 62% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 82% graduation rate.
22% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Amherst High School is part of the Amherst Public Schools in Nebraska.
How This School Compares
Amherst High School has 170 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Amherst Public Schools (197 students). Its 62% proficiency rate is 3 percentage points above the district average of 58%. Compared to the Nebraska state average of 53%, the school performs 8 points higher. With a 10.6:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Amherst High School has 170 students enrolled in grades 7-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.6:1.
According to EDFacts data, 62% of students at Amherst High School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Amherst High School has a 82% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Amherst High School is part of the Amherst Public Schools in Amherst, Nebraska. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.