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Best Public Schools in Keith County, NE

At a glance

Schools

965

Students

Districts

Top rankedOgallala High School94^th of 146 Nebraska high schools

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Biggest riser

Ogallala High School up 51 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Paxton High School 8.3 students per teacher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NSCAS English Language Arts (2025)					NSCAS Mathematics (2025)				NSCAS Science (2025)		ACT English Language Arts (2025)	ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NSCAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	NSCAS English Language Arts All Grades	NSCAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	NSCAS Mathematics 4th Grade	NSCAS Mathematics 5th Grade	NSCAS Mathematics All Grades	NSCAS Science 8th Grade	NSCAS Science All Grades	ACT English Language Arts 11th Grade	ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ogallala High School	Public	9-12	602 East G	Ogallala	69153	Keith County	Ogallala Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 284-4029	237	22	10.6	36.7%	195 (82.3%)	2 (0.8%)	32 (13.5%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.1%)	44.1	94^th of 146 public high schools	35.6%		16.6	145^th of 168 public high schools	13.7%	51												46.9	49.0	51.0	$26,251	$837	$21,201
Ogallala Middle School	Public	6-8	801 East O Street	Ogallala	69153	Keith County	Ogallala Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(308) 284-4060	158	16	9.8	48.1%	131 (82.9%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (15.8%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)			58.7	50.8	54.0				55.3	70.5	70.5				$8,822	$837	$4,462
Prairie View School	Public	PK, KG-5	801 East O Street	Ogallala	69153	Keith County	Ogallala Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 284-6087	371	35	10.6	50.9%	298 (80.3%)	3 (0.8%)	61 (16.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	39.8	201^st of 294 public elementary schools	31.6%		61.2	187^th of 428 public elementary schools	56.3%	14	50.8	60.3			52.9	59.0	67.2	76.5	67.1						$27,619	$837	$24,855
Paxton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	308 N Elm	Paxton	69155	Keith County	Paxton Consolidated Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(308) 239-4283	94	10	9.4	33.0%	76 (80.9%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (17.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)								(n/a)					62.8				69.8						$29,399	$1,088	$23,537
Paxton High School	Public	7-12	308 N Elm	Paxton	69155	Keith County	Paxton Consolidated Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(308) 239-4283	105	13	8.3	35.2%	86 (81.9%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (18.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)															$25,946	$431	$21,409

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Nebraska Department of Education.

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