About Northwest Public Schools
Northwest Public Schools is a public school system serving Hall County, Nebraska, based in Grand Island. It serves 1,445 students across 5 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: fringe district. By enrollment it is the #31 largest of Nebraska’s 252 school systems.
Size and structure
Northwest Public Schools enrolls 1,445 students in 5 schools — an average of about 289 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #31 of 252 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Northwest Public Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (1,445 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Northwest Public Schools employs about 96 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 15.0:1 — above the Nebraska average of about 13.7:1. Total district staff is roughly 184.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Nebraska funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Northwest Public Schools are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Nebraska’s accountability system, AQuESTT (Accountability for a Quality Education System, Today and Tomorrow), classifies districts across evidence-based analysis, assessment, growth, graduation and college-and-career readiness. Look up Northwest Public Schools on the Nebraska Education Profile.
Accreditation status
Nebraska accredits public districts through the state’s own Rule 10 standards, administered by the Nebraska Department of Education, rather than a private accreditor. See the Nebraska Department of Education for a district’s accreditation status.
Northwest Public Schools vs. Nebraska
See every Nebraska district side by side in the Nebraska directory.
Look up Northwest Public Schools’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):