Regular local school district · Colfax County
Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools, NE: schools, enrollment and spending
Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools runs 3 public schools with 292 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.4 students per teacher is 3.7 lower than the Nebraska figure of 14.1.Listed in NCES data as "HOWELLS-DODGE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 292
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28
- Students per teacher
- 10.4
- NE: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 417 Center Street, Howells, NE 68641
- Phone
- (402)986-1621
- County
- Colfax County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3100183
- State district ID
- NE-190070000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 60
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 292 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.4
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 (284), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $5.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $325,000
- State revenue
- $781,000
- Local revenue
- $4.6 million
- Total spending
- $5.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,535
- Salaries
- $3.0 million60.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.7%
- State: 13.7%
- Local: 80.5%
Nebraska overall
- Federal: 9.5%
- State: 31.4%
- Local: 59.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,535
Nebraska$16,481
United States$16,826
Schools in Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Howells Senior High School | High | 7 to 12 | 138 | 9.2 |
| Howells-Dodge Elementary School/Dodge | Elementary | PK to 6 | 127 | 12.7 |
| Howells-Dodge Elementary School/Howells | Prekindergarten | PK | 27 | 9.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Colfax County
- Schuyler Community Schools 1,977 students
- Leigh Community Schools 296 students
- Clarkson Public Schools 212 students
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.