NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools NE

Best-Resourced Schools in North Platte, NE

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12 public K-12 schools in North Platte from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
3,766
Students
48.8/100
Avg Resource Index
18.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Resource breadth with tighter class loads

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, North Platte has more public-school enrollment than 40% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. North Platte's average Resource Investment Index ranks above most listed cities even though its student-teacher ratio is on the more crowded side of the national city distribution. That is a useful mismatch, not a contradiction: counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance can lift the composite while classroom staffing remains comparatively tight. Families should inspect the component scores on each school profile instead of reading the city index as a shorthand for small classes.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

9 of North Platte's 12 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

One district, but meaningful resource variation

North Platte's schools share one district authority while their average Resource Investment Index ranks at the 83rd percentile among listed cities. Shared governance removes one source of policy variation, but it does not erase campus differences by grade span or enrollment. The 57-point gap between Lake Maloney Elementary School and Buffalo Early Learning Center measures the remaining local spread. Use the district-level picture for common budget context, then compare the school components to see whether staffing, counseling, gifted-program reporting, or attendance accounts for each campus's position.

City enrollment
Top 60%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
83rd percentile
Teacher staffing
22nd percentile

North Platte High School accounts for 30.4% of all North Platte public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means North Platte-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

North Platte school enrollment varies 32× across entities

North Platte school enrollment ranges from 36 students (lowest) to 1,145 students (highest), a spread of 1,109 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

North Platte operates one school district — a single-district system

North Platte's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

North Platte student-teacher ratio is 18.7:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Lake Maloney Elementary School 72
2. Washington Elementary School 68
3. Madison Middle School 64
4. Adams Middle School 62
5. Cody Elementary School 62
6. Jefferson Elementary School 56
7. Lincoln Elementary School 53
8. North Platte High School 50
9. Eisenhower Elementary School 39
10. Mcdonald Elementary School 30
11. Buffalo Early Learning Center 15
12. Osgood Elementary School 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in North Platte

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Jefferson Elementary School 57.2/100
  2. 2 Cody Elementary School 50.9/100
  3. 3 Lincoln Elementary School 46.3/100
  4. 4 Buffalo Early Learning Center 45.9/100
  5. 5 Washington Elementary School 45.3/100

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Which North Platte school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Lake Maloney Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the North Platte schools in this federal-data comparison at 72/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in North Platte, NE? ▼

North Platte has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,766 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.7:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.