Total enrollment
766
-112 (-13%) vs SY 2020-21
3 schools in OGALLALA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Nebraska · 766 students · 1 city
Looking at the OGALLALA PUBLIC SCHOOLS system: 3 public K-12 schools serving approximately 766 students inside Nebraska, averaging 255 per school.
4-year change in OGALLALA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
3
+1 (+50%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How OGALLALA PUBLIC SCHOOLS ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Nebraska | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 766 | #58 of 93 | #7,922 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 3 | #67 of 93 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #6 of 93 | #701 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 46.0% | #23 of 87 | #4,760 of 8,164 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside OGALLALA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Since 2017-18, the 2 district schools that reported both years went from 835 to 608 students (down 27%) and from 74 to 57 full-time teachers (down 23%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRAIRIE VIEW SCHOOL | Ogallala | Elementary | PK-05 | 371 |
| OGALLALA HIGH SCHOOL | Ogallala | High | 09-12 | 237 |
| OGALLALA MIDDLE SCHOOL | Ogallala | Middle | 06-08 | 158 |
About OGALLALA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
As a small district in Nebraska, OGALLALA PUBLIC SCHOOLS teaches 766 students across 3 schools.
On the level-by-level breakdown, OGALLALA PUBLIC SCHOOLS spans 1 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high school.
On a per-school basis, OGALLALA PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs about 255 students per school, 21% noticeably below the state mean of roughly 324.
Looking at the last 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment fell 13%: 878 students in SY 2020-21 versus 766 in SY 2024-25. OGALLALA PUBLIC SCHOOLS now counts 3 public schools, up from 2 in SY 2020-21.
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