Regular local school district · Colfax County
Leigh Community Schools, NE: schools, enrollment and spending
Leigh Community Schools runs 2 public schools with 296 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.3 students per teacher is 1.8 lower than the Nebraska figure of 14.1.Listed in NCES data as "LEIGH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 296
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24
- Students per teacher
- 12.3
- NE: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 222 W 4th St, Leigh, NE 68643
- Phone
- (402)487-3301
- County
- Colfax County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3172720
- State district ID
- NE-190039000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 51
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 296 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.3
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 (257), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $256,000
- State revenue
- $697,000
- Local revenue
- $4.0 million
- Total spending
- $5.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,144
- Salaries
- $2.0 million38.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $9.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.2%
- State: 14.1%
- Local: 80.7%
Nebraska overall
- Federal: 9.5%
- State: 31.4%
- Local: 59.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,144
Nebraska$16,481
United States$16,826
Schools in Leigh Community Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Leigh Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 201 | 15.5 |
| Leigh High School | High | 7 to 12 | 95 | 8.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Colfax County
- Schuyler Community Schools 1,977 students
- Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools 292 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.