Regular local school district · Scotts Bluff County
Mitchell Public Schools, NE: schools, enrollment and spending
Mitchell Public Schools runs 3 public schools with 655 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.1 students per teacher is 1.0 lower than the Nebraska figure of 14.1.Listed in NCES data as "MITCHELL PUBLIC SCHOOLS".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 655
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50
- Students per teacher
- 13.1
- NE: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1819 19th Ave, Mitchell, NE 69357
- Phone
- (308)623-1707
- County
- Scotts Bluff County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3173890
- State district ID
- NE-790031000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 99
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 655 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.1
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 (637), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $9.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $766,000
- State revenue
- $5.3 million
- Local revenue
- $3.3 million
- Total spending
- $9.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,221
- Salaries
- $4.7 million52.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $247,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 56.2%
- Local: 35.6%
Nebraska overall
- Federal: 9.5%
- State: 31.4%
- Local: 59.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,221
Nebraska$16,481
United States$16,826
Schools in Mitchell Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Mitchell Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 345 | 14.4 |
| Mitchell Secondary School | High | 7 to 12 | 261 | 11.3 |
| Tiger Cub Preschool | Prekindergarten | PK | 49 | 24.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Scotts Bluff County
- Scottsbluff Public Schools 3,420 students
- Gering Public Schools 1,976 students
- Morrill Public Schools 267 students
- Minatare Public Schools 146 students
- Educational Service Unit 13 44 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.