OSGOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

OSGOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a primary school of minimally staffed scale in NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska, one of the schools within NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, caters to 21 students in grade pre-K. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so OSGOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 92% below that benchmark.

NORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 3,751 students; OSGOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, OSGOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Lincoln County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, OSGOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 28.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, Lincoln County reports that median household earnings sit near $65,148, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Lincoln County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,190 students), of which OSGOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 2.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 6-year window. Over the past 6-year window, the student count ticked down 83%: 127 students in 2018 compared to 21 in 2024. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 90% to 76%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.