Clay Center Community Middle School is a

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Clay Center, Nebraska Clay Center is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Hastings, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 760 at the 2010 census. History Clay Center was laid out in 1879. The ...

, United States. It is a public school and has about 201 students.Clay Center High School in Clay Center, Nebraska / NE
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taught by Mrs. Charles Wanser in 1880. On April 4, 1881, the first public school was authorized. The building was expanded with bond issues many times. The current middle school building was built in 1967. In 2008, a school meeting was planned to determine where students would go to school. The general consensus was that students could go to Harvard High in nearby

Harvard, Nebraska Harvard is a city in Clay County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,013. It is part of the Hastings micropolitan area. History Harvard was founded in 1871 when the railroad was extended to that point. It ...

, or to Sandy Creek High School, a few miles south of Clay Center. Sandy Creek is located two miles outside of Fairfield, and has been consolidated since the late 1960s.

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Clay Center Public School
Schools in Clay County, Nebraska {{Nebraska-school-stub Public middle schools in Nebraska 1880 establishments in Nebraska Educational institutions established in 1880