PAXTON HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 308 N ELM, in PAXTON, Nebraska, PAXTON HIGH SCHOOL is an one-room-style four-year high school that serves 105 students (grades 7 through 12), operated by PAXTON CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS. That puts it 73% leaner than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 391 students.

PAXTON HIGH SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by PAXTON CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS, a district that caters to 199 students overall.

On demographics, PAXTON HIGH SCHOOL lists that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 18% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Keith County's rate of about 44%.

Across the wider county, Keith County reports that median household income runs about $60,645, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Keith County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 965 students), PAXTON HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

PAXTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 8%: 97 students in 2018 compared to 105 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 9% to 18% over that span.

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