Osgood Elementary School, North Platte NE

Original Research by School Decision on Osgood Elementary School

Osgood Elementary School in North Platte, Nebraska, is a public school that serves only pre-kindergarten students. Because it does not serve grades that participate in state testing, there is no graduation rate, no chronic absenteeism data, and no broader academic performance context such as a comprehensive proficiency index. The state testing data that is present in the record comes from a prior year when the school appears to have also served upper elementary grades, a grade configuration that no longer applies. That earlier data, for third through fifth graders in the 2018-2019 school year, showed a wide range of outcomes: math proficiency from well below half to complete proficiency depending on the grade level, and English language arts results spanning a similar range. A parent looking at those older figures should note they reflect a different school structure and do not describe the current pre-K program.

The school itself is a regular public school within the North Platte Public Schools district. Enrollment is small, with just over twenty children, all in pre-kindergarten. The student body is predominantly white, with a smaller share of Hispanic students and even fewer Black or multiracial students. About two out of every five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a measure of household income that suggests a moderate level of economic diversity.

Because Osgood Elementary is a pre-K-only program, the typical academic indicators that families use to compare elementary schools do not apply here. There is no information on whether the school offers specialized programs, nor is there data on staffing ratios, discipline rates, or attendance patterns. The district brief turned up no recent major changes or initiatives publicly reported for the school or the district as a whole.

North Platte itself is a city with a clear industrial anchor: Union Pacific Railroad’s Bailey Yard, the world’s largest rail classification yard, is a major employer and defines much of the city’s identity. Great Plains Health and a new Sustainable Beef meatpacking plant that opened in recent months are also large employers. The local economy has seen some shifts, with the arrival of that plant and the departure of a previous major employer. Housing in the area around the school is moderately priced relative to national benchmarks, and the local real estate market has seen home values rise somewhat over the past year. The city’s population has been fairly stable over recent decades.

For a family considering Osgood Elementary, the key takeaway is that this is a dedicated pre-kindergarten setting, not a full elementary school. The academic context that matters here is the early childhood program itself, not test scores from a previous grade configuration. Parents may want to learn directly from the school or district about the curriculum, daily schedule, and any pre-K-specific offerings such as full-day or half-day options, early literacy focus, or special education supports. The school’s role is to provide an early start within the North Platte Public Schools system, and families who want to understand how children transition from here into kindergarten at a different elementary school would need to follow up with the district.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 383%

School 83% · District 65% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 83 pts above state median · ▲ 83 pts above county median

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 56% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▲ 44 pts above state median · ▲ 44 pts above county median

Grade 5100%

School 100% · District 65% · ▲ 35 pts above district

▲ 100 pts above state median · ▲ 100 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 374%

School 74% · District 51% · ▲ 23 pts above district

▲ 74 pts above state median · ▲ 74 pts above county median

Grade 456%

School 56% · District 55% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 36 pts above county median

Grade 581%

School 81% · District 51% · ▲ 30 pts above district

▲ 81 pts above state median · ▲ 43 pts above county median

Science

Grade 5100%

School 100% · District 84% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 100 pts above state median · ▲ 72 pts above county median

This schoolNORTH PLATTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.