Regular local school district · Lincoln County
Maxwell Public Schools, NE: schools, enrollment and spending
Maxwell Public Schools runs 2 public schools with 269 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.8 students per teacher is 3.3 lower than the Nebraska figure of 14.1.Listed in NCES data as "MAXWELL PUBLIC SCHOOLS".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 269
- Teachers (FTE)
- 25
- Students per teacher
- 10.8
- NE: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 415 E Hwy 30, Maxwell, NE 69151
- Phone
- (308)582-4585
- County
- Lincoln County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3100023
- State district ID
- NE-560007000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 51
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 269 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.8
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 (289), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $5.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $258,000
- State revenue
- $2.3 million
- Local revenue
- $3.1 million
- Total spending
- $4.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,862
- Salaries
- $2.6 million53.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $7.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.5%
- State: 40.4%
- Local: 55.1%
Nebraska overall
- Federal: 9.5%
- State: 31.4%
- Local: 59.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,862
Nebraska$16,481
United States$16,826
Schools in Maxwell Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Maxwell Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 124 | 11.3 |
| Maxwell High School | High | 7 to 12 | 145 | 10.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lincoln County
- North Platte Public Schools 3,730 students
- Hershey Public Schools 539 students
- Sutherland Public Schools 283 students
- Brady Public Schools 187 students
- Wallace Public Sch Dist 65 R 161 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.