Regular local school district · Buffalo County
Elm Creek Public Schools, NE: schools, enrollment and spending
Elm Creek Public Schools runs 2 public schools with 364 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.1 students per teacher is 2.0 lower than the Nebraska figure of 14.1.Listed in NCES data as "ELM CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 364
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30
- Students per teacher
- 12.1
- NE: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 230 East Calkins Avenue, Elm Creek, NE 68836
- Phone
- (308)856-4300
- County
- Buffalo County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3170140
- State district ID
- NE-100009000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 60
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 364 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.1
Nebraska14.1
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (372), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $6.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $327,000
- State revenue
- $1.2 million
- Local revenue
- $5.2 million
- Total spending
- $6.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,258
- Salaries
- $2.9 million48.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $832,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.8%
- State: 18.3%
- Local: 76.9%
Nebraska overall
- Federal: 9.5%
- State: 31.4%
- Local: 59.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,258
Nebraska$16,481
United States$16,826
Schools in Elm Creek Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Elm Creek Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 215 | 13.4 |
| Elm Creek High School | High | 7 to 12 | 149 | 11.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Buffalo County
- Kearney Public Schools 6,066 students
- Gibbon Public Schools 575 students
- Ravenna Public Schools 412 students
- Amherst Public Schools 360 students
- Pleasanton Public Schools 331 students
- Shelton Public Schools 276 students
- West Kearney High School 65 students
- West Hastings School 22 students
- Educational Service Unit 10
More in Nebraska
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.