Regular local school district · Gosper County
Elwood Public Schools, NE: schools, enrollment and spending
Elwood Public Schools runs 2 public schools with 204 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 9.3 students per teacher is 4.8 lower than the Nebraska figure of 14.1.Listed in NCES data as "ELWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 204
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22
- Students per teacher
- 9.3
- NE: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 502 First Ave, Elwood, NE 68937
- Phone
- (308)785-2491
- County
- Gosper County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3170220
- State district ID
- NE-370030000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 44
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 204 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.3
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 (212), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $288,000
- State revenue
- $599,000
- Local revenue
- $3.7 million
- Total spending
- $4.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,278
- Salaries
- $2.1 million49.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.3%
- State: 13.0%
- Local: 80.7%
Nebraska overall
- Federal: 9.5%
- State: 31.4%
- Local: 59.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,278
Nebraska$16,481
United States$16,826
Schools in Elwood Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Elwood Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 115 | 10.5 |
| Elwood High School | High | 7 to 12 | 89 | 8.1 |
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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.