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Union Pacific Railroad station in Willow Island, Nebraska (1867)Photo: Arundel C. Hull · Public domain
Schools in Willow Island

Willow Island’s public schools

Gothenburg Public Schools and Cozad Community Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Willow Island. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/4schools above Nebraska’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Nebraska’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
48%
2021–22
Math proficiency
38%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.3K
▼ 2% vs NE $15.6K
FY2024 · Cozad
Students per teacher
12.4
NE 13.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,417 students on the public path
In brief

Willow Island’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Willow Island’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Nebraska’s 882 public schools. Gothenburg Secondary School places highest (better than 45%); Cozad Elementary School lowest (33%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Willow Island, graded from C to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Gothenburg Secondary School and Cozad Middle School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Willow Island, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressC to C+
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Gothenburg Public Schools.

Two districts serve Willow Island

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Gothenburg Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 769 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 12.2 per teacher (NE 13.8)
$17,503NE $15,602 · FY2024
B−
Cozad Community SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 965 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 12.6 per teacher (NE 13.8)
$15,306NE $15,602 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Gothenburg Public Schools48%
State average 47.1% · 448 students tested
Math · PK–12, Gothenburg Public Schools38%
State average 46% · 448 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Cozad Community Schools38%
State average 47.1% · 472 students tested
Math · PK–12, Cozad Community Schools44%
State average 46% · 472 students tested

Willow Island vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Nebraska towns that share Willow Island’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Willow Island—Gothenburg PK–12 · Cozad PK–12

Every school in Willow Island

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Nebraska’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Willow Islandin other towns
Cozad Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cozad
C
432 students14:1Rate it →
Dudley Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Gothenburg
C+
416 students13:1Rate it →
Cozad Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Cozad
C+
216 students12:1Rate it →
Gothenburg Secondary School
High · Grades 7–12 · Gothenburg
B−
353 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Willow Island’s schools

Are Willow Island’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Willow Island. Gothenburg Public Schools and Cozad Community Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Willow Island. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Nebraska’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Willow Island in?

Gothenburg Public Schools and Cozad Community Schools.

Where do Willow Island kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Gothenburg Secondary School and Cozad Middle School.

Parents talk

What Willow Island families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.