Regular local school district · Lincoln County
North Platte Public Schools, NE: schools, enrollment and spending
North Platte Public Schools runs 11 public schools with 3,730 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.5 students per teacher is 1.4 higher than the Nebraska figure of 14.1.Listed in NCES data as "NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS".
At a glance
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 3,730
- Teachers (FTE)
- 241
- Students per teacher
- 15.5
- NE: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 301 West F, North Platte, NE 69101
- Phone
- (308)535-7100
- County
- Lincoln County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3100022
- State district ID
- NE-560001000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 534
- School counselors (FTE)
- 12.0About 311 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 13.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.5
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 (3,919), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $49.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.5 million
- State revenue
- $14.6 million
- Local revenue
- $29.6 million
- Total spending
- $49.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,661
- Salaries
- $28.8 million58.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.0%
- State: 29.4%
- Local: 59.6%
Nebraska overall
- Federal: 9.5%
- State: 31.4%
- Local: 59.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,661
Nebraska$16,481
United States$16,826
Schools in North Platte Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 7 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Adams Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 513 | 12.2 |
| Buffalo Early Learning CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 133 | 19.0 |
| Cody Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 225 | 13.2 |
| Eisenhower Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 217 | 18.1 |
| Jefferson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 329 | 16.4 |
| Lake Maloney Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 116 | 19.3 |
| Lincoln Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 316 | 15.0 |
| Madison Middle School | Middle | 6 | 263 | 14.6 |
| McDonald Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 247 | 19.0 |
| North Platte High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,145 | 16.8 |
| Washington Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 226 | 16.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lincoln County
- Hershey Public Schools 539 students
- Sutherland Public Schools 283 students
- Maxwell Public Schools 269 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.